Restricted items in
baggage


To ensure the safety and comfort of all passengers, certain items are subject to restrictions when packed in either carry-on or checked baggage. On this page, you will find clear guidance on which objects are prohibited, which may only be carried under specific conditions, and how to prepare any special items for your journey. We kindly encourage you to review this information carefully before traveling, so you can avoid delays at security checkpoints and ensure a smooth and stress-free start to your trip.

Airline Baggage Policy

If you are planning to carry firearms or ammunition in your baggage, please submit your request as early as possible, as some destinations require that the airline obtains additional approvals from the appropriate authorities for travelling to/from/via their countries.


Ammunition
Checked baggage

Passengers may carry ammunition in their checked baggage on a Aerohollanda Airways flight if it is declared to the airline at check-in. The required licences and documentation for their ammunition must be provided to the appropriate local authorities in the States they are flying to and from.

Only ammunition classified as UN0012 and UN0014 are allowed in passenger baggage, in quantities not exceeding a gross weight of 5 kg per person.

Ammunition shall be packed separately from the baggage containing the firearm, inside a robust, secure container (i.e., a strong wooden, metal or fiberboard box or other packaging) specially designed to carry small amounts of ammunition and capable of being locked.

Ammunition may only be carried for individual use. Ammunition for use by more than one passenger may not be combined into one or more packages and carried by one passenger in the booking.


Firearms
Checked baggage

Passengers may carry one or more firearms in their checked baggage on a Aerohollanda Airways flight if they are declared to the airline at check-in. A 'Declaration of Surrender of Firearms' must be signed, and the required licences and documentation for their firearms must be provided to the appropriate local authorities in the States they are flying to and from.

Firearms must be unloaded and packaged appropriately in a hard-side, lockable container. The baggage containing the firearms must be locked before being accepted for carriage.

Please switch off all battery-powered devices if they are carried in your checked baggage. Do not place them in sleep or hibernation mode, and ensure that you take measures to prevent unintentional activation and damage to your device(s).

Also, please individually protect the terminals of each spare battery to prevent short circuits by placing the batteries in their original retail packaging or insulating terminals. You may insulate terminals by positioning an adhesive tape over exposed terminals, or packing each battery into a separate plastic bag or protective pouch. Spare batteries are allowed in hand baggage only. If the primary purpose of any equipment is to power another piece of equipment, then they are considered as batteries, and appropriate restrictions for standalone batteries will apply. Examples for such equipment – Power banks (even when they are comprising with other small features, such as flash-light) / Jump-Starters (even when they are with in-built air-pumps and or containing flash-lights, etc.)


e-Cigarettes
Hand baggage

You may carry e-Cigarettes including e-cigars, e-pipes and other personal vaporizers containing batteries, in your hand baggage. Recharging of the equipment or the battery on board the aircraft is not permitted.

Some countries may have restrictions that could impact the carriage of electronic cigarettes. Please refer to the local rules and regulations of the origin and destination countries before travelling.

Non-flammable and non-toxic gas cylinders for mechanical limbs
Checked baggage
Hand baggage

You may carry small cylinders of a non-flammable and non-toxic gas, of Division 2.2, worn for the operation of mechanical limbs, in your hand and checked baggage. You may also carry spare cylinders of a similar size if required, to ensure that you have an adequate supply of gas for the duration of your journey.


Small non-flammable gas cartridges
Hand baggage
Checked baggage
! Need approval

You may carry small non-flammable gas cartridges, containing carbon dioxide or another suitable gas in Division 2.2, without a subsidiary hazard, fitted into a self-inflating personal safety device (such as Life-vest).

Please ensure that:

  • Only up to two small cartridges are fitted into a self-inflating safety device such as a life jacket or vest
  • You carry a maximum of two safety devices per person
  • Only a maximum of two small spare cartridges are packed for each lifesaving device
  • Each of your devices is packed in such a manner that it cannot be accidentally activated
  • If you are planning to carry small non-flammable, non-toxic gas cartridges for other devices, such as CO2 bicycle tyre inflators, the allowance is – 04 cartridges per person and the maximum capacity of each cartridge must not exceed 28g (50mL water capacity).

Hair curlers containing hydrocarbon gas
Hand baggage
Checked baggage

You may carry one hair curler containing hydrocarbon gas in your hand or checked baggage. Please ensure that a safety cover is securely fitted over the heating element.

Your hair curler may not be used on board the aircraft at any time. In addition, you may not carry gas refills for your hair curler in your hand or in checked baggage.

Camping stoves
Checked baggage
! Need approval

You may carry a camping stove with an empty fuel tank, which has previously held a flammable liquid fuel. You may also carry an empty fuel container which has previously held a flammable liquid fuel.

Please ensure that:

  • Fuel tanks of camping stoves and fuel containers are fully drained of all liquid fuel. To nullify danger, drain the fuel tank or container for at least one hour, then leave it uncapped for a minimum of six hours to allow any residual fuel to evaporate. Alternative methods, such as adding cooking oil to the fuel tank or container to elevate the flash point of any residual liquid, above the flash point of flammable liquid, and then emptying the fuel tank and/or container, are equally acceptable.
  • Fuel tanks of camping stoves and fuel containers have a cap securely fastened.
  • Camping stoves with an empty fuel tank and fuel containers are wrapped in absorbent material, such as paper towels and placed in a polyethylene or equivalent bag. The top of the bag must then be sealed, or gathered and closed with an elastic band or twine.

Fuel cells
Hand baggage

You may carry fuel cells containing fuel-powering portable electronic devices (PED) such as cameras, mobile phones, laptops and camcorders, in your hand baggage.

In addition, you may carry a maximum of two spare fuel cell cartridges in your hand baggage.

Alcoholic Beverages
Hand baggage
Checked baggage
! Need approval

You may carry alcoholic beverages in your hand and checked baggage. When in retail packaging, the beverages may contain more than 24% but not more than 70% alcohol by volume, in receptacles not exceeding 5l. The maximum total net quantity, of alcoholic beverages per passenger, is 5l. Alcoholic beverages with not more than 24% alcohol by volume, are not considered as dangerous goods by the applicable regulations.

When carried in hand baggage, the quantities may be restricted further, due to other regulations, such as liquids and gels. Please check the country/customs regulations also.


Liquids and gels
Hand baggage

You may carry liquids, gels, pastes and aerosols in containers up to 100ml (3.4oz) in your hand baggage. Containers larger than 100ml cannot be accepted, even if only partly filled.

Your containers should be carried in a transparent, resealable, quart- or litre-sized bag no larger than 20x20cm (8x8in). Please ensure all items fit comfortably in the plastic bag.

Airport security will ask you to produce your transparent bag of liquids separately for screening.

When you are travelling with infants or have special dietary needs, you are permitted to carry reasonable quantities of food, required for the duration of the flight.

Blunt instruments
Checked baggage
Hand baggage

You may not carry blunt instruments that could cause serious injury when used to hit the cabin of the aircraft; these items may be carried in your checked baggage. Examples of these instruments include:

  • Baseball and softball bats
  • Martial arts equipment
  • Clubs and batons such as billy clubs, blackjacks and night sticks

Explosives and incendiary substances devices
! Need approval

You may not carry the following explosives and incendiary substances devices, including replicas, that could cause serious injury or threaten the safety of the aircraft, such as:

  • Ammunition (may be carried in your checked baggage with permission)
  • Blasting caps
  • Detonators and fuses
  • Mines, grenades and other explosive military stores
  • Pyrotechnics, including fireworks
  • Smoke-generating canisters or cartridges containing dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives

Guns and firearms
Checked baggage
Hand baggage

You may not carry guns, firearms and other devices that discharge projectiles, or items that could be mistaken for such devices, including toys, antiques and replicas, in the cabin of the aircraft. The following items, however, can be placed in your checked baggage:

  • Firearms of all types, including pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns (may be carried in your checked baggage with permission)
  • Toy guns, replicas and imitations of firearms, which could be mistaken for real weapons
  • Components of firearms, excluding telescopic sights
  • Compressed air and carbon dioxide guns, including pistols, pellet guns, rifles and ball-bearing guns
  • Signal flare pistols and starter pistols
  • Bows, crossbows and arrows
  • Harpoon guns and spear guns
  • Slingshots and catapults

Electro shock weapons and disabling devices
Not allowed

You may not carry stunning devices and devices containing incapacitating products on your person, in your checked baggage or in your hand baggage.

Some examples of such devices are given below;

  • Devices for shocking, such as stun guns and stun batons
  • Animal stunners and animal killers
  • Disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases and sprays, such as mace, pepper or capsicum spray, tear gas or acid sprays.

Sharp objects
Checked baggage
Hand baggage

You may not carry objects with sharp points or edges in the cabin of the aircraft. These items may be carried in your checked baggage:

  • Items designed for chopping, such as axes, hatchets and cleavers
  • Ice axes and ice picks
  • Razor blades and box cutters
  • Knives with blades longer than 6cm
  • Scissors with blades longer than 6cm when measured from the fulcrum
  • Martial arts equipment with sharp points or edges, such as swords and sabres
  • These items may be placed in your checked baggage.

Workers tools
Checked baggage
Hand baggage

You may not carry workers tools that could cause serious injury in the cabin of the aircraft. These items may be carried in your checked baggage:

  • Crowbars
  • Drills and drill bits, including cordless portable power drills
  • Tools with blades or shafts longer than 6cm, which could be used as weapons, such as screwdrivers and chisels
  • Saws, including cordless portable power saws
  • Blowtorches
  • Bolt guns and nail guns
  • These items may be placed in your checked baggage.
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