Ryanair to raise baggage charges

RYANAIR will hit holidaymakers at the peak of the summer season by hiking baggage charges by a third.

The move will mean checked-in luggage charges will have surged 470% in four years from €3.25 per bag checked-in online in March 2006 to €20 in July and August this year.

The price per bag checked in online is going up from €15. The cost rises to €40 if the bag is checked in at the airport.