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Airlines have found themselves in a bit of trouble in the last few years. With the soaring cost of fuel and the environmental issues, many travellers are looking at other means of transport or just not travelling at all. But one of the leading airlines Ryanair (whose profits have been reported as dropping 85% in the last year) has come up with a new idea for improving business: they could be offering hand-luggage only flights.

In order to save thousands of pounds on baggage handlers and more importantly on fuel, as a plane without any luggage would be a much lighter one, the idea is to allow passengers to bring onboard only what can be put in the over-heads and that’s it. It’s obviously not being proposed for holiday-makers but the idea is for these flights to appeal to the early morning and midweek departures, which have a high number of commuters on board.

Ryanair has found itself in a bit of a spin of late and, due to the above drop in percentage profits, has been forced to pull a few of its routes to cities such as Budapest, Valencia and Palma, which were at one time high-earners for the Irish firm. They are speaking to 147 airports about finding ways to strike up a better deal and they aren’t the only ones in the airline industry looking for new initiatives to turn things around. We’ve had fast-track check ins and the removal of ovens on flights so hand-luggage seems like a good addition to the plan.