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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of September 2017
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
c/o Ryanair Ltd Corporate Head Office
Dublin
Airport
County Dublin Ireland
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual
reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F..X.. Form 40-F
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information
contained
in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the
Commission
pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities
Exchange
Act of
1934.
Yes
No ..X..
If
"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant
in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
RYANAIR TO LOWER CHECKED BAG FEES (& RAISE SIZE ALLOWANCE) TO
ELIMINATE BOARDING DELAYS
NON-PRIORITY CUSTOMERS MUST PUT 2ND (BIGGER) BAG IN
HOLD (FREE OF CHARGE) FROM NOVEMBER
Ryanair,
Europe's No 1 airline, today (6 Sep), as part of its "Always
Getting Better" programme announced new reduced checked bag fees
(and increased check-in bag sizes) to encourage more customers to
check in bags and reduce the number of customers with 2 bags at the
boarding gates. As too many customers are availing of Ryanair's
improved 2 free carry-on bags service, and with high load factors
(97% in August) there is not enough overhead cabin space for this
volume of carry-on bags, which is causing boarding/flight
delays.
To
encourage more customers to check-in some bags and reduce the
volume of carry-on bags, Ryanair will introduce the following bag
policy changes on all flights from 1st November
next:
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The check-in bag allowance will increase from 15kg to 20kg for all
bags
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The standard check-in bag fee will be cut from
€/£35 to €/£25 for this 20kg bag
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Only
Priority Boarding customers (including Plus, Flexi Plus &
Family Plus) will be allowed to bring two carry-on bags on the
aircraft*
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All other (i.e. non-priority) customers will only be allowed to
bring one smaller carry-on bag on board the aircraft, while their
second (bigger) wheelie bag must be placed in the hold (free of
charge) at the boarding gate.
Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said:
"These bag policy changes will cost Ryanair over €50m p.a. in
reduced checked bag fees. However, we believe offering bigger bags
at reduced fees will encourage more customers to consider
checking-in a bag, which will reduce the high volume of customers
we have with 2 carry-on bags at the boarding gates, which is
causing flight delays due to large numbers of gate bag and cabin
bag offloads.
We hope that by restricting non-priority customers to one small
carry-on bag - their wheelie bag must be placed in the hold, free
of charge at the boarding gate - this will speed up the boarding of
flights and eliminate flight delays being caused by not having
sufficient overhead cabin space on busy flights to accommodate over
360 (182 customers x 2 bags) carry-on bags.
These lower bag fees and increased bag size allowances will come
into play for all bookings for travel after 1st November, and we
hope our customers will enjoy the savings of our new simplified bag
policy."
*
Priority Boarding can be purchased for just €/£5 at the
time of booking or added to a booking for €/£6 and is
available up to one hour prior to scheduled departure.
ENDS
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For further information
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please contact:
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Robin Kiely
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Piaras Kelly
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Ryanair DAC
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Edelman Ireland
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Tel: +353-1-9451949
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Tel: +353-1-6789 333
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press@ryanair.com
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ryanair@edelman.com
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Date: 06
September, 2017
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By:___/s/
Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz
Komorek
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Company
Secretary
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