How are combined dimensions calculated for checked baggage on Ryanair?

How are combined dimensions calculated for checked baggage on Ryanair?

5/15/2016 5:21:38 AM

Ryan Air’s size limits are based on physical limits of their aircraft. The 737’s baggage compartment door is 122 x 89 cm. And the weight is fairly universal limit imposed by most airlines for something to be lifted by a human (anything heavier is supposed to be lifted by machinery).

So their size limits are designed to allow the bag to be easily loaded through the compartment hatch, no matter which side goes first. (Bags coming up a conveyor belt have to fit through without hitting the sides)

Why they write it differently in different sections causing confusion, is something to be asked of the corporate departments in charge. But the basic concept is that, two dimensions need to less than or equal to 119 each to fit through the width of the door and the third dimension less than or equal to 81 to fit through the height (extreme case: all three would need to be 81 or less if it was a cube).

Most airlines list girth requirements for suitcases (L + W + D), because these items never exceed the loading door limits. But once you get into oversized items, the physical sizes of loading doors and containers comes into play.

Ryan Air’s posted baggage limits makes one wonder if their customers really do take everything including the kitchen sink on vacation 😉

5/13/2016 11:59:28 AM

I think the hard limits set by the regulation are the individual dimensions. In other words, according to Ryanair, the largest possible checked luggage is a parallelepiped measuring 81cm (height), 119cm (width) and 119cm (depth):

luggage parallelepiped with sizes

Anything larger than that, on any dimension, will not be carried by Ryanair, regardless of whether or not the other dimensions are smaller. In other words a piece of luggage measuring 80cm (height), 120cm (width) and 119cm (depth) will not be carried.

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