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Ryanair scraps Israel luggage charge

The budget airline announces U-turn after anger from passengers

January 18, 2018 16:03
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Ryanair has scrapped a fee it introduced earlier this week solely for flights to and from Israel.

The budget airline had announced that following the introduction of new cabin-baggage rules on all its flights, passengers not wishing to pay extra for priority boarding would have their wheelie-bags and other large hand baggage stowed for free in the hold, rather than the cabin.

But in Israel, passengers without priority boarding were being asked to pay €40 (£35) extra to check in their large bags and €50 if they want to keep them until just before boarding.

Passengers on flights to and from Israel were furious about the  charge and the Israeli media dubbed it "discriminatory".

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