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Cabin Not OK

Written by Aviation Advocacy on . Posted in Airlines

IATA’s communications team has been busy recently. First there was the fanfare to announce the new Cabin OK initiative at the IATA AGM. This consists of a new guideline for the size of carry-on bags. A few days later IATA released a clarifying press release. The size specified is not a maximum limit. This is set individually by an airline and there are no plans for an industry standard. It is merely a guideline intended to give passengers reassurance that their baggage will be able to travel with them. In fact, it seems there is no actual guarantee that a passenger would be able to take Cabin OK-approved luggage on-board. Instead, IATA was merely promising that Cabin OK-approved luggage would have priority to remain in the cabin if an aircraft is not able to accommodate a bag for every passenger and if the flight is operated by a participating airline. That’s quite a few caveats and subsequently a rather underwhelming initiative.

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