Cheap airlines, expensive snowboard baggage
Just got back from a couple of consecutive weekend trips to Cervinia, flying Ryanair. The flights were dirt cheap at about £20 return from Stansted to Turin give or take, but to take my snowboard added £31, more than doubling the price, though still reasonable value I suppose.
It would be handy if all airlines had a standard for luggage and sports equipment/excess charges, though I can’t see that happening. In the meantime, airport parking company APH have produced a summary of the charges - or lack of them - applied by 16 major airlines flying from the UK for carriage of ski and snowboard equipment.
Key points to note:
All of the following airlines will allow you to include skis/snowboard luggage within your usual allowance (typically subject to some weight parameters):
- Air France/KLM
- Alitalia
- American Airlines
- British Airways
- Continental
- Delta
- Emirates
- Iberia
- SAS Group
- United
- US Airways
All of these charge extra:
- BMI
- Easyjet
- Flybe
- Lufthansa Group
- Ryanair
Well worth checking out.
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