Ryanair has to pay out a customer £123 for charging extra for hand luggage on five flights between 2019 and 2024. A Spanish court ruled that the low-cost airline could not charge customers additional fees for hand luggage, as carrying a bag onto a flight was considered essential to air travel.

It is the latest legal dispute between cheap carriers and Spanish consumer rights group Facua. The group has battled other low-cost airlines over the imposition of charges on what Facua considers to be essential elements of air travel. The judge, Raquel Martínez Marco, based her decision on a EU Court of Justice ruling from 2014.