Brussels files charges against Spain for preventing airlines from charging for hand luggage | Economy

for vetoing that companies can charge “a surcharge for the transport of hand luggage, which restricts the freedom of airlines to set prices,” according to the EU Executive’s own statement.

The measure represents a setback for the Spanish Government, especially the Minister of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy, who met on September 16 with the Government Commissioner, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, to explain his position and the Spanish regulation on this matter. However, Bustinduy already left the meeting with suspicions because he saw “certain similarities between the Commissioner’s arguments and the general line of Ryanair’s interventions.”

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