Hand baggage allowance

Economy and Premium

All passengers flying in our Economy (Light, Classic & Delight) or Premium cabins can take one piece of hand baggage per person weighing up to 10kg (or 22lb).

Upper Class

All Upper Class passengers can take up to two pieces of hand baggage per person, weighing up to 12kg (26lb) for one bag, or up to 16kg (35lb) combined weight. So for example, you could take a 12kg bag and another little bag of 4kg.

Additional items you can take with you

To help with baggage conundrums, we’ve compiled the following list to clarify the bits and bobs you can take onboard in addition to the allowances above:

• Your handbag, small backpack/rucksack, pocketbook or purse, as you would normally use it (in other words, not just being used to contain items that would otherwise be regarded as baggage)
• Your overcoat or wrap
• Your umbrella or walking stick (these cannot be pointed or sharp)
• A small camera and/or pair of binoculars
• A reasonable amount of reading matter for the flight
• An infant’s food (for consumption on the flight)
• A small amount of duty free goods
• Headphones for onboard use (they’ll need the standard 3.5mm jack).

Laptops

You can bring laptops onboard, as long as you can fit them into your hand baggage.

If you're planning to bring any large electrical items with you (such as laptops), please remember that you’ll need to remove them from your bag for security screening. You’ll be asked to place them in a tray so they can be clearly scanned.

Mobility aids and wheelchairs

Mobility aids such as walking aids and manual collapsible wheelchairs can also be taken onboard some of our flights. Make sure you have a look at our Mobility aids and wheelchairs page for all the information on this.

Cigarettes, cigars and lighters

You can carry the following items onboard, but you can’t smoke them:

• Electronic cigarettes
• Rolling tobacco
• Cigarette lighters including butane, absorbed fuel (Zippo style) and battery-powered lighters can be carried on the person, except on flights to Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Tobago, Havana and Delhi.
• Cigarettes
• Cigars
• Cigarette papers

Items not allowed onboard in your hand luggage

• Smart bags (unless the batteries can be removed)
• Torch-style cigarette lighters
• Non-safety matches
• Toy or replica guns (plastic or metal)
• Catapults
• Sharp items – this includes household items such as household cutlery, knives (of any length), paper knives, razor blades or darts
• Hypodermic syringes – unless you have a medical condition that requires you to inject on the flight. Find more information below.
• Scissors (scissors with blunt/round-ended blades, metal or plastic, less than 6cm in length or scissors with metal blades and pointed tips under 3cms are permitted)
• Sporting bats
• Billiard, snooker or pool cues
• Tradesmen’s tools (however, US airports will allow screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers and other tools, but not crowbars, drills, hammers or saws, as long as they are seven inches or less in length)
• Any dangerous articles such as flammables, corrosives, poisons, radioactive materials, ammunition, firearms or explosives.

For the full list of items that are not allowed onboard the flight, head over to our Dangerous articles page.

Hypodermic needles

We realise it’s essential for some of our passengers to carry hypodermic needles and other medical equipment in order to treat a medical condition. If you have a medical reason that requires you to inject during the course of a flight, naturally you can carry your syringes in your hand baggage.

However, please ensure you’re able to provide adequate medical evidence in the form of a doctor’s letter and prescription. You’ll be asked to show this when you check in and at security screening, and you should keep it with you at all times. We also ask that you bring your own sharps box so you can dispose of your needles safely and hygienically.

For more information, please refer to our page on flying with medication.

Additional security

• Do not pack wrapped gifts as our security agents may have to unwrap them for the purpose of searches.
• Remember that no sharp objects are permitted in your hand baggage, so pack them in your hold luggage before checking in. All sharp items in hand baggage will be removed and confiscated at security search and anyone trying to take an illegal item through security could be prosecuted.
• Open drinks are not allowed through security controls.
• Do not carry packages at the request of people not known to you.
• Do not leave your baggage unattended at any time.
• Take all reasonable steps to prevent anyone from placing anything in your baggage without your knowledge.

The security measures in place are there to protect you, and we ask for your co-operation and patience. Please proceed to the security control and then the departure gate in a timely manner as we will not delay an aircraft departure due to late arriving passengers.