A Complete Guide to Prohibited Items on Flights

While packing your luggage for Air travel it is essential to ensure that your packed items are considered safe for the journey, taking any hazardous items with you may cause a safety threat to you. For your assistance here we can see a brief detail about the items that are seen as safe and unsafe for flight travel. if you are carrying any of the restricted items, no need to worry about it. You can inform the thing with security- check personnel and act further on the advice given by them. Before going for details we have to know some details about cabin baggage and checked baggage.

Cabin baggage refers to the luggage that passengers carry with them during the entire journey on a flight, so ensure that the luggage is fit in the compartments given overhead or under the seats.

Checked baggage refers to larger-sized luggage that cannot be taken as a carry-on while entering the flight instead, it is handed over during check-in and transported to the cargo hold of the aircraft.

List of Items prohibited in cabin baggage and checked baggage

Gases stored substances like compressed gases, Highly refrigerated items, flammable, non-flammable, and poisonous gases such as butane oxygen, liquid nitrogen, aqualung, and compressed cylinders.
Electronic cigarettes such as (e-cigars, e-pipes, and some other vaporizers, e nicotine “ENDS”, e-hookah, non-burn products that produce heat, and other equalized devices that may
overheat.)
Explosive materials like Guns, flare guns, gun-based things like lighters, munitions, lighter refills, fuels, grenades, fireworks, crackers, and other realistic replicas of explosives.
Corrosives: acids, mercury, alkalis, wet cell batteries, and other irritating things like spray paint, drain cleaners, or offensive odor.
Poisonous and infectious materials such as insect killers, weedkillers, and live viruses.
Weapons such as whips, guns, and batons.
Haircurlers and other types of equipment filled with hydrocarbon gas.
Spillable batteries.
Oxidizing substances like bleaching powder and peroxides.

List of Items prohibited in cabin baggage

Sharp objects: Knife, scissors, box cutters, metal or steel objects with sharp edges, blades, axes, hammers, swords, and other sharp instruments or apparatus.
Sports things: Basketball bats, cricket bats, hockey bats, golf, ski pools, spear guns, and lacrosse sticks.
Camping stoves, fuel containers, firearms, pistols, handguns, and weapons.
Electric devices that cannot be switched off.
Food products like chili, coconut, and other spices.
Tapes, measuring tapes, and glue.
Gas cartridges, compressed gas cartridges, printer cartridges, and flammable or non-flammable gas in Division 2.2
Cosmetic talcum powder and other self-defense items like pepper spray or sharpened instruments.
Mobility devices: mobility aids or other similar mobility devices whether it is battery .
Thermometers, and other clinical types of equipment that contain mercury.
Including other items that are not allowed by local law.

Item Names

Allowed in Cabin

Allowed in Check-in

Silver ware crockery

Wrist watches

Hair dryer

Honey

(Up to 100 ml)

(Sealed and properly packed)

Non-prescribed medicines

Water bottle

(Up-to 100 ml)

Mobile charger

Laptop charger

Aerated drinks

(Up-to 100 ml)

Ashes

Baby Stroller/pram

(must be foldable)

Bicycle

(should be dismantled)

Biryani

Blade

Broadband routers/Telephone

Dry cake allowed

Car seat

Chopper Knife

Cigarettes

Coconut

(Copra not allowed / small pieces; Dry Coconut)

CPU

Desktop

Drone camera

Driller machines

Dry foods

Dry fruits

DSLR

subject to BCAS regulations

E-cigarettes

Fish/Meat

Fruits/vegetables

Gas stove/Grinder

Ghee

Glass items

Gold/Silver Jewellery

Golf Kit

(charges may apply)

Groceries

Gun

Only Air-Gun allowed

Hammer

(medium size)

Heater battery

Heater electric

(without battery)

(Holy water/ganga jal)

(without battery)

Home appliances

(subject to BCAS regulations)

Laptop

(subject to BCAS regulations)

Liquor up to 5 litre only

Mechanical Tools

Oily foods

Pets

Painting brush

For more information, always remember to check with the local laws on transportation policies and make sure the rules and regulations are followed throughout the whole travel. GOED Travels is engaged in ensuring customer safety by promoting awareness among all passengers for a hassle-free journey.