Couple fuming after being ‘charged £78’ to carry pastries onto Ryanair flight
A pair was left fuming after reportedly being hit with almost £100 in costs for bringing pastries onto a Ryanair flight. Two passengers claimed the airline tried to make them pay £78 to carry conventional Mallorcan snacks named ensaïmada on a flight from Palma de Mallorca airport after the objects are stated to have exceeded cabin baggage limits. The allegations have sparked a neighborhood firestorm, with Mallorcan politicians wading in on the talk as they worry the choice might affect native meals gross sales.
Speaking to The Guardian, native officers have warned that the rule might hurt regional gross sales of the candy deal with.
The iconic pastry is created from heavy-duty flour, sugar, eggs, water and port lard.
The completed dough is baked within the oven for 12 hours at a minimal and dusted with sugar.
The experience required to make them is handed down in conventional bakeries for generations, making them a valuable product, and authorities have referred to as out Ryanair representatives.
Iago Negueruela, tourism minister for the Balearics, informed the Mirror that he referred to as the airline to a gathering to “defend local produce and avoid any kind of discrimination”.
Pep Magraner, the president of the Balearic Islands pastry-makers association, claimed only Ryanair had imposed the rule on passengers.
He said that “all the opposite airways” flying from Palma de Mallorca allow people to take ensaïmada aboard.
He added: “It’s solely an issue with Ryanair, however we’re speaking about a number of flights, particularly to the Spanish mainland, which is the vacation spot of a lot of the ensaïmadas.”
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Ryanair typically allows people to bring food onboard flights but in hand luggage.
The airline is slightly stricter than others, however, with some – such as easyJet – allowing people to bring hot drinks, provided they are packed away.
Ryanair guidance states that it cannot allow “permit passengers to board the airplane with scorching drinks or devour their very own alcohol” within the title of security.
The newest dispute is a part of a wider subject inside the Balearic Islands, which has beforehand encountered comparable issues with different airways.
In 2022, the Balearic Islands’ authorities filed a number of circumstances in opposition to easyJet Eurowings and Volotea.
The circumstances, introduced ahead by the buyer affairs workplace, demanded fines as much as €20,000 (£17,160) for hand baggage charging charges.
FACUA, an impartial nonprofit client group, additionally levelled costs in opposition to Vueling and Ryanair.
Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs is contemplating the circumstances as Spanish airports agency Aena is below mounting strain to create a system.
Express.co.uk has contacted Ryanair for remark.