This web page is all about baggage. The aim of this page is to provide you with useful information concerning baggage allowances that you are permitted to carry as checked baggage and also what you are permitted to carry on board the aircraft.
Changes are updated regularly. You are invited to visit this site regularly for up dated information.

Standard Checked Baggage Allowances >>

Whilst carriers may publish different baggage allowances applicable for carriage over their own services IATA has established a standard checked baggage allowance. Dependent on your routing either the checked baggage allowance will be based on a weight allowance or a piece system.

Baggage Allowance by Weight >>

This allowance does not apply to/from Canada and USA/US Territories. Other exceptions may also apply. Contact your carrier for details

First class 40 kilograms

Business class 30 kilograms

Economy class 20 kilograms

Baggage Allowance by Piece >>

This allowance applies to/from Canada and USA/US Territories. Other exceptions also apply. Contact your carrier for details.
Under the piece system passengers are entitled to TWO pieces of checked luggage. For handling purposes there is a size and weight restriction per piece. No one piece may weigh more than 32 kilos (70lbs). No one piece must measure more than 158 centimetres (62 inches). In addition for passengers travelling in economy the combined dimensions of the two pieces must not exceed 273cms (107 inches).
Carriers may apply differing allowances by class and route. It is important to check carefully your baggage allowance since carriers make an excess charge for the carriage of baggage in excess of their free baggage allowance.

Informing Passengers about Carry On Items >>

The following is suggested wording that carriers may wish to provide their passengers. It is based on current best practice and subject to change.

Cabin Baggage – Safety Notice >>

Some governments have directed that for safety reasons, all knives, sharp objects or cutting implements of any kind and of any length, whether of metal or other material, and some sporting goods must be packed in checked baggage. They cannot be carried in the cabin baggage nor on your person. These items include (but are not limited to) knives (including household cutlery) and knife-like objects, box cutters, corkscrews, straight razors, metal nail files, scissors of any kind and of any length, dangerous goods (hazardous materials (unless approved)) tradesmen's tools, hypodermic needles (unless required for medical reasons), knitting needles, other sharp pointed/penetrating objects and sporting goods such as bats, bows and arrowscues, darts, golf clubs and sling shots (catapults), martial arts devices, real/toy/replica weapons (whether plastic or metal). These articles will be removed and not returned. Passengers requiring the use of medical syringes in flight such as diabetic and other passengers with documented proof of medical need must ensure that it is professionally packed and labelled. If it is not, the medication will be removed. Check with your agent or directly with the airline concerned.

Informing Passengers about Carry On Items >>

The following is suggested wording that carriers may wish to provide their passengers. It is based on current best practice and subject to change.

Dangerous Goods in Passenger Baggage >>

For safety reasons dangerous goods as defined in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, such as those listed below shall not be carried in or as passenger checked or carry-on baggage except as outlined below.

MAY NOT BE CARRIED IN PASSENGER BAGGAGE.

Briefcases and security type attache´ cases with installed alarm devices; or incorporative lithium batteries and/or pyro-technic material; explosives, munitions, fireworks and flares; gases (flammable, non-flammable, deeply refrigerated and poisonous) such as camping gas and aerosols; flammable liquids such as lighter fuels, paints and thinner; flammable solids, such as matches and articles which are easily ignited; substances liable to spontaneous combustion; substances which on contact with water emit flammable gases; oxidizing substances (such as bleaching powder and peroxides); poisonous (toxic) and infectious substances; radioactive materials; corrosives (such as mercury which may be contained in thermometers, acids, alkalis and wet-cell batteries); disabling devices such as mace, pepper spray, etc. containing an irritant or incapacitating substance are prohibited on the person, in checked and carry-on baggage; magnetized materials and miscellaneous dangerous goods as listed in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.

MAY BE CARRIED

The following items may be carried:

Non radioactive medicinal or toilet articles (including aero-sols) which are necessary or appropriate for a journey, carried in carry-on or checked baggage when the total net quantity of all such medicinal or toilet articles carried by each passenger or crew member does not exceed 2 kg(4.4 lb) or 2 L (2 qt) and the net quantity of each single article does not exceed 0.5 kg or 0.5 L (1.1 lb or 1 pt);

Note: It is intended that this should include such items as hair sprays, perfumes and medicines containing alcohols. carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice) in quantities not exceeding 2 kg (4.4 lb) per passenger when used to pack perishables in carry-on baggage, provided the package permits the release of carbon dioxide gas. Operator approval required for checked baggage only; when in retail packagings, alcoholic beverages not exceeding 70% alcohol by volume, provided that the net quantity of alcoholic beverage in each receptacle does not exceed 5 L (5 qt) with a total net quantity per person of 5 L for such beverages; Note: Alcoholic beverages containing 24% or less alcohol by volume are not subject to any restrictions. safety matches or a lighter with fuel/fluid fully absorbed in a solid intended for use by an individual when carried on one's person. However, lighters with a flammable liquid reservoir containing unabsorbed liquid fuel (other than liquefied gas), lighter fuel and lighter refills are not permitted on one's person nor in checked or carry-on baggage; Note: 'Strike anywhere' matches are forbidden for air transport. radioisotopic cardiac pacemakers or other devices, including those powered by lithium batteries, implanted into a person, or radio-pharmaceuticals contained within the body of a person as the result of medical treatment; with the approval of the carrier(s), small gaseous oxygen or air cylinders required for medical use; small carbon dioxide gas cylinders worn by passengers for the operation of mechanical limbs; also spare cylinders of a similar size may be carried if required to ensure an adequate supply for the duration of the journey; hair curlers containing hydrocarbon gas, no more than one per passenger or crew member, when contained in checked or carry-on baggage, provided that the safety cover is securely fitted over the heating element. Gas refills for such curlers are not permitted in checked or carry-on baggage; with the approval of the carrier(s), as carry-on baggage only, a mercurial barometer or mercurial thermometer carried by a representative of a government weather bureau or similar official agency. The barometer or thermometer must be packed in a strong outer packaging, having a sealed inner liner or a bag of strong leak-proof and puncture-resistant material impervious to mercury, which will prevent the escape of mercury from the package irrespective of its position. The pilot-in-command must be informed of the barometer or thermometer; with the approval of the carrier(s), one small carbon dioxide cylinder fitted into a self-inflating life jacket plus one spare cartridge; with the approval of the carrier(s), heat producing articles i.e. battery-operated equipment such as underwater torches and soldering equipment which if accidentally activated, will generate extreme heat and can cause fire, may be carried in carry-on baggage only. The heat producing component, or the energy source, must be removed so as to prevent unintentional functioning during transport; one small medical or clinical thermometer which contains mercury, for personal use when in its protective case; with the approval of the carrier(s) as checked baggage only, securely boxed, ammunition (cartridges for weapons) for sporting purposes (in Division 1.4S), in quantities not exceeding 5 kg (11 lb) gross weight per passenger for that person's own use, excluding ammunition with explosive or incendiary projectiles. Allowances for more than one passenger must not be combined into one or more packages.

The items listed above and those in excess of quantities listed may be carried as cargo, subject to certain restrictions.

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