General Baggage Restrictions

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For the safety of our passengers, crew, and aircraft, the following items are either prohibited or restricted on all aircraft. Please ensure that you do not pack items specified in this list in your carry-on or checked baggage.

Medically necessary needles and syringes are exempt from these prohibitions if passengers have in their possession prescription medication with a professionally printed label that identifies the medical office, pharmacy, or manufacturer of the medication.

Prohibited items

prohibited items
For the safety of our passengers and aircraft, passengers are prohibited from carrying the following items in either checked or hand baggage:
  • Explosives, munitions, fireworks, and flares
  • Security-type cases/boxes incorporating goods such as lithium batteries or pyrotechnics
  • Compressed gases (flammable, non-flammable, or poisonous) such as butane, propane, aqualung cylinders, lighter fuels, or refills
  • Oxidizing substances such as bleaching powder and peroxides
  • Flammable liquids such as paints and adhesives
  • Flammable solids such as safety matches and articles which are easily ignited
  • Disabling devices such as mace or pepper sprays, with irritant properties
  • Poisons such as arsenic, cyanides, or insecticides
  • Radioactive materials
  • Corrosive materials such as mercury (which may be contained in thermometers or blood pressure gauges,) acids, alkalis, and wet cell batteries
  • Meals-Ready-to-Eat (MREs)
  • Any other substances which, during a flight, present a danger not covered above, such as magnetized, offensive, or irritating materials



prohibited items
Lighters (butane, absorbed fuel, electric, battery-powered, and novelty lighters) are not to be carried on the person, or in the carry-on and checked baggage. This ruling by The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) applies to all passengers arriving into or departing from United States of America.

Restricted items
In addition, passengers are not allowed to carry the following items in their hand baggage for passengers’ safety and security reasons. To minimize inconvenience, you are advised to check in or put these items in your checked baggage instead:
  • Knives (including hunting knives, swords, and pocket knives)
  • Scissors and any other sharp/bladed objects (e.g. ice-pick, nail clippers) considered illegal by local law
  • Weapons such as whips, nan-chakus, baton, or stun gun
  • Toys guns/gun shaped items or look-alikes, hand-cuffs
  • Sporting equipment such as baseball/cricket bats, golf clubs, hockey sticks, billiard cues
  • Devices with spillable batteries
  • Aerosols (hair sprays, perfumes, medicines containing alcohol) not exceeding 0.5KG/L per article and 2.0KG/L in total weight
  • Baby strollers
  • Any other items which are deemed security hazards by local law
  • Any other items that resemble or have similar functions to the above items



restricted items
Please note that these items will be retrieved at the boarding gate by the local authorities and depending on local conditions, the items may not be returned to you.

Note:  "Failure to declare hazardous materials may result in civil or criminal penalties for passengers.  All airlines are required to report violations to government authorities."



Baggage Checks in United States of America (USA)
New guidelines have been implemented at all USA commercial airports for checked baggage of passengers travelling into and out of the USA . You will not have further access to your bags once the authorities have screened them. Please remove all necessary belongings you will need onboard the plane before you hand over your bags for screening.

As advised by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), passengers are asked to leave their baggage UNLOCKED to facilitate the search process. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will not be liable for any damage caused to the locked bags if they are opened as part of the screening process.

In the event that TSA screeners open your bag during the screening procedure, they will close it with a tamper-evident seal and place a notice in your bag alerting you to the fact that TSA screeners opened your bag for inspection.

As this procedure is governed by U.S.A. legislation and beyond the control of the airline, we regret that we cannot be held liable for damage or loss of items from the baggage.

For further information on the requirement by the U.S.A. authorities and TSA claim information, please visit the Transportation Security Administration website.