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Airline association welcomes baggage allowance changes
BAR UK has welcomed the additional cabin baggage allowances that were introduced this week at many airports.
Although it admitted the implementation plan is not perfect, because not all airports are approved to adopt the new security regime, it said it is simply “not feasible, or logical, to wait for the slowest airports to catch up, and make the travelling public wait”.
Chief executive Mike Carrivick said: “The scheduled airline market serves several different sectors, for which the previous restrictive criteria offered a disservice.
“The regime will see many airlines retaining a single main piece of cabin baggage for economy class travellers, whilst those paying higher fares to fly in Business and First Class cabins will tend to enjoy these enhanced cabin baggage allowances that now start to meet their needs.
“As was previously the case, different airlines will have different policies, as used to be the case, and all travellers are advised to check with their airline before they travel. These new measures go a long way to meeting the diverse needs of many travellers.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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