Ryanair Rolls Out New Airport Baggage Sizers, 33 Percent Larger Than the EU Standard
- Joe Breitfeller

- Sep 5, 2025
- 2 min read
Ryanair has confirmed the completion of the rollout of their bigger carry-on bag sizers at 235 airports across Europe. All Ryanair passengers can now bring a bigger, free personal bag (40 x 30 x 20cm), which is 33 percent bigger than the EU standard free carry-on bag.

On Thursday (September 4, 2025), Ryanair announced that they have completed rolling out larger carry-on bag sizers at 235 airports across Europe. All Ryanair passengers can now bring a bigger, free personal bag (40 x 30 x 20cm), which is 33 percent bigger than the EU standard free carry-on bag which is (40 x 30 x 15 cm). Ryanair allows each customer to bring one free personal bag on board, but these bags must fit under each passenger’s seat. If customers wish to bring an extra full-size carry-on bag, they can do so by purchasing Ryanair’s Priority Boarding service.
In Thursday’s announcement, Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Dara Brady, said,
“From today (Thurs, 4 Sept) Ryanair’s new, bigger free carry-on bag is now 33% larger than the EU standard. Our bag sizers at all airports have now been “resized” to accommodate this bigger, free carry-on bag. All passengers wishing to bring a second carry bag can do so by availing of our Priority Boarding service, and passengers can also purchase check-in bags, should they so wish, during their booking process. We hope our customers will enjoy these bigger, free carry-on bag sizes, but any passenger who fails to comply with these new generous limits, will be required to pay the checked in bag fee at the boarding gate.”
Ryanair Holdings, plc is Europe’s largest airline conglomerate and the parent company of Buzz, Lauda, Malta Air, and Ryanair DAC. The airline carries over 150 million passengers annually with more than 2,500 daily departures. Ryanair serves over 200 destinations in 40 countries with a fleet of nearly 600 aircraft including Boeing 737NGs, Boeing 737-8200 Gamechangers and Airbus A320s with Lauda. Ryanair has maintained a stellar safety record for nearly 40 years and prides itself on being “Europe’s greenest cleanest airline group,” promising customers a reduction in CO2 emissions of up to 50%, versus the ‘Big 4 EU major airlines.’ The company continues to grow across Europe and plans on carrying 300 million passengers annually by FY 2034.
Source: Ryanair


