Skyscanner produces guide to cabin bag restrictions
Almost one in four passengers has been caught out by airline cabin baggage restrictions and ended up paying additional fees to check in their luggage at the airport, according to travel search site Skyscanner.
The survey of 1,000 Britons found that there is a great deal of confusion surrounding cabin baggage because airlines are free to enforce their own weight and size restrictions.
Skyscanner said that its research shows that Easyjet passengers get the tiniest guaranteed cabin bag allowance, although the low-cost airline imposes no weight restriction, while Thomas Cook limits passengers’ carry-on bags to no more than 5kg.
Iberia is the most generous airline, permitting passengers to board with bags as large as 56x45x25, closely followed by British Airways which allows hand luggage weighing up to 23kgs.
In an effort to provide some clarity to customers, and reduce the number of passengers being forced to pay tocheck in over-sized hand-luggage, Skyscanner has created the following guide to cabin baggage restrictions on leading European airlines:
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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