Airlines Looking To Standardize Carry-On Luggage Making It Smaller

If your someone that only flies with a carry-on bag then you probably won't be happy about this. International Air Transport Association (IATA) is looking to standardize carry on luggage, and in the process will make it 21% smaller than allowed now. As many as 40 airlines from around the world are behind this. 

IATA proposed a standard size for bags of 21.5 inches long by 13.5 inches wide by 7.5 inches deep. What is now acceptable according to their websites, Delta, American, United and JetBlue already accept bags bigger than that. All impose a limit of 22 by 14 by 9 inches. That's a half-inch longer and wider and a full 1½ inches deeper. That's really bad news for Alaska Airline flyers because what the IATA is proposing is 87% smaller than what's acceptable now.

The IATA is meeting this week in Miami. Time will tell what happens with this. It's being reported that manufacturers are already making luggage in the newly proposed size.