Well that sounds dumb. There’s not enough room for everyone to have a carryon on a plane. Carryon baggage also slows boarding and de-boarding. If anything, there shouldn’t be charges for checking a bag.
Carry-on luggage was free for decades until RyanAir became famous for it and other airlines followed suit. Boarding didn’t speed up.
Also, checked in luggage is much heavier than carry-on. You are advocating for airlines to allow 50kg extra per person, for free. That doesn’t seem very thought through.
How about no fees for either?
They directly add cost, both for handling and fuel. Why should that be subsidized? Flying is already too cheap compared to other, more sustainable forms of transport.
It sure seemed to work fine 25 years ago.
In a way, this might be good in that regard, as airlines will raise prices as they can no longer sell tickets without the carryon fee built in.
That will hurt ultra-low cost tickets the most and will most likely result in a bunch of canceled Ryanair destinations.
Thank you for saying it. I was wrong to assume gloomily that (as usual in these discussions) nobody would.
Flying is cheap because it is subsidized. The subsidies should be moved to trains, buses, and other public transport.
As I said, there is not enough room in the overhead bins for everyone to bring a carryon. It also slows things down. You want to incentivize passengers to check their bags instead. You do that by charging a carryon fee and making one or two checked bags free.
