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The chief executive of a European budget airline says it is considering increasing its bonus for workers who identify oversized bags.
Ryanair currently pays staff €1.50 (NZ$2.94) if they catch a customer bringing an oversized bag aboard one of its planes, the BBC reported.
Ryanair said in a statement that it was "determined to eliminate the scourge of oversized bags which delay boarding and are clearly unfair on the over 99% of our passengers who comply with our baggage rules".
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary told Irish radio station RTÉ that the airline is considering increasing the bonus for staff. He said the airline had already been battling with the amount of oversized baggage taken on planes.
"That's one of the reasons we are so aggressive about eliminating the scourge of passengers with excess baggage," he said.
"We are happy to incentivise our (staff) with a share of those excess baggage fees, which we think will decline over the coming year or two."
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He said 99.9% of passengers did follow the rules.
The airline currently allows a small carry-on bag measuring up to 40cm x 20cm x 25cm and weighing 10kg, but was set to increase to 40cm x 30cm x 20cm under new minimum European Union standards. Customers can pay extra for more and bigger luggage.
The airline would seek buyers for five larger Pilatus aircraft, in order to help "rebuild the viability of the business".
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Passengers who bring a bag larger than the size they paid for can be charged up to £75.00 (NZ$169.57).
O'Leary's comments come as the airline's profits jumped to €820 million (NZ$1.6 billion) for the April to June period, up €360 million (NZ$705 million) from a year earlier.
