The airlines may not like it, but a blanket ban on hand luggage is a brilliant idea
Allowances vary wildly from one flyer to another. Let’s say goodbye to the days of being charged for using overhead lockers, writes Janet Street-Porter
Michael O’Leary says new guidelines from the Department for Transport relating to hand luggage are “rubbish” – but he’s already at war with the government.
The Ryanair boss has joined forces with easyJet and the owners of British Airways in legal action to try and get the UK’s new 14-day quarantine restrictions reversed.
To add to his woes, the government has now asked airlines to ban hand luggage claiming that placing all baggage in the hold exposes passengers to less risk of contracting coronavirus.
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