Frequently asked questions

The European Union has compiled lists of objects which may not be included in hand and/or hold luggage.

The following objects are not allowed, neither as hand luggage nor as hold luggage:

• Explosives, such as detonators, fuses, granades, mines and eplosive devices
• Gases: propane, butane
• Flammable liquids, such as petrol, methanol
• Flammable solids and reactive solids such as magnesium, firelighters, fireworks, flares
• Oxidation agents and organic peroxides such as bleach, chassis repair kits
• Toxic or contagious substances such as rat poison, contaminated blood
• Radioactive material such as medical or commercial isotopes
• Corrosive materials such as mercury, vehicle batteries
• Components of vehicle fuel systems which have contained fuel
• Segways, hoverboards, airbords, oxboards, E-skates, waveboards and U-runners

The following objects are not allowed as hand luggage:
a. Firearms and guns
Any article capable, or appearing capable, of discharging a projectile or causing injury, such as:

• All firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, etc.)
• Replica and imitation firearms
• Components of firearms (with the exception of telescopic viewers and sights)
• Air pistols, air rifles and shotguns
• Flare guns
• Starter guns
• All types of toy firearms
• Ball bearing guns
• Industrial bolt and nail guns
• Crossbows
• Catapults
• Harpoons and spear guns
• Animal humane killers
• Stun or shocking devices, e.g. cattle prods, ballistic energy conducted weapons
• Lighters shaped like a firearm

b. Pointed / sharp weapons & sharp objects
Articles with points or sharp edges which can cause injury, such as: 

• Axes and hatchets
• Arrows and darts
• Crampons
• Harpoons and spears
• Ice axes and ice picks
• Ice skates
• Flick knives or stilettos with a blade of any length
• Knives, including ceremonial knives, with a blade longer than 6 cm, made from metal or any other material strong enough to be used as a weapon
• Meat cleavers
• Machetes
• Open razors and blades (excluding safety or disposable razors with blades enclosed in cartridge)
• Sables, swords and daggers
• Scalpels
• Scissors with blades longer than 6 cm
• Ski and walking poles
• Throwing stars
• Tools that can be used as a pointed or cutting weapon, e.g. drills and drill bits
• Stanley knives, tool lives, all types of saws, screwdrivers, crowbars
• Hammers, pliers, wrenches and spammers, blow torches

c. Blunt objects
Any blunt object which can cause injury, such as:

• Baseball bats and softball bats
• Rigid or flexible clubs or batons, e.g. billy clubs, blackjacks, truncheons
• Cricket bats
• Golf clubs
• Hockey sticks
• Lacrosse sticks
• Kayak and canoe paddles
• Skateboards
• Billiard, snooker and pool cues
• Fishing rods
• Martial arts equipment, e.g. knuckledusters, clubs, coshes, rice flails, num-chucks
• Kubatons, kubasaunts

d. Explosives and flammable substances
Any explosive or highly combustible substance which poses a risk to the health of passengers and crew or the safety of the aircraft or property, such as:

• Ammunition
• Blasting caps
• Detonators and fuses
• Explosives and explosive devices
• Replica or imitation explosives and explosive devices
• Mines and other explosive military material
• Grenades of all types
• Gas and gas containers, e.g. butane, propane, acetylene, large volumes of oxygen.
• Fireworks and flares in any form (including party poppers and caps for toy guns)
• Non-safety matches
• Smoke grenades or smoke cartridges
• Flammable liquid fuel, e.g. petrol, diesel, lighter fuel, alcohol, ethanol
• Aerosol spray paints
• Turpentine and paint thinner
• Alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% volume (140% proof)
  
  

e. Chemical and toxic substances
Any chemical or toxic substance which poses a risk to the health of passengers and crew or the safety of the aircraft or property, such as: 

• Acids and alkalis, e.g. wet batteries
• Corrosive or bleaching substances, e.g. mercury, chlorine
• Incapacitating substances in spray cans, e.g. mace, pepper spray, teargas
• Radioactive material such as medical or commercial isotopes
• Poisons
• Infectious or biological hazardous material, e.g. infected blood, bacteria and viruses
• Material capable of spontaneous ignition or combustion
• Fire extinguishers