Overhead luggage compartment for an aircraft, having an upper luggage compartment element, having a lower luggage compartment element which is movable between an open and a closed position, having a first holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in its closed position, and having a second holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in its open position, wherein an operating element is provided which is connected via a force transmission device to the second holding device to hold the lower luggage compartment element in its open position, wherein the second holding device can be switched by arrangement of the operating element from a holding position into a release position.