Ryanair under fire after charging passengers €45 to bring pastry on flight

Ryanair under fire after charging passengers €45 to bring pastry on flight | Secret Flying

Airline claimed it exceeded cabin baggage limit.

 

A pair of Ryanair passengers were charged €45 each for trying to bring a pastry onboard a flight at Majorca Airport in Spain.

 

The low-cost carrier claimed the travellers were exceeding their hand luggage limit by taking the desserts on board and after a lengthy row the passengers dumped the cakes rather than forking out for the fee.

 

The alleged charge has been slammed by local authorities in Spain who have requested a meeting with the airline.

 

Iago Negueruela, the Balearics’ tourism minister, said the meeting was called “in order to defend local produce and avoid any kind of discrimination”. Negueruela said he hoped the meeting would be held this week and that the issue would soon be resolved.

 

Jaume Alzamora, a Majorcan politician, has penned a letter to both Ryanair and Aena (the Spanish Airports authority).

 

He said: “Més (a Spanish political party) has sent a letter to Aena and Ryanair to allow Majorcan products bought outside the airport to be carried without restrictions or extra costs for tourists because the aim is to defend Majorcan products made in Majorcan bakeries and pastry shops.”

 

Meanwhile, Pep Magraner, the resident of the Balearic Islands pastry-makers association, added: “All the other airlines allow passengers to take two ensaïmadas on board.