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Bonuses to rise for Ryanair staff spotting oversized baggage

Ryanair will raise staff bonuses from £1.50 to £2.50 per oversized bag identified and remove the £80 monthly cap starting November to reduce luggage fee evasion.

  • Ryanair will increase bonuses for staff who catch passengers with oversized carry-on bags, with no cap on the amount they can earn.
  • Michael O'Leary said the airline is not trying to catch people out, but wants passengers to comply with the rules.
  • O'Leary expressed skepticism about the UK's sustainable aviation fuel mandate, saying there is 'not a hope in hell' of meeting the 10% target by 2030.
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LONDON. Low-cost airline Ryanair is increasing bonuses for employees who stop passengers with too large or too many carry-on bags. “You will have to pay for the backpack,” said CEO Michael O'Leary during a press conference in London.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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Stop people with oversized hand luggage – and get paid extra. That’s Ryanair’s message to staff. – I make absolutely no apologies for that, says the airline’s CEO Michael O’Leary, according to The Guardian.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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RTÉ broke the news in Ireland on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
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