Judgment_paragraph 39 · Vueling Airlines SA v Instituto Galego de Consumo de la Xunta de Galicia (C-487/12)

39Having regard to those considerations, it must be held that the price to be paid for the carriage of air passengers’ checked-in baggage constitutes an optional price supplement, within the meaning of Article 23(1) of Regulation 1008/2008, given that such a service cannot be considered to be compulsory or necessary for the carriage of those passengers.