INFORMATION ON LUGGAGE FROM BRITISH AIRWAYS - Please read carefully!
Monday, October 30, 2006
CHECKED LUGGAGE: You may check TWO 62 inch (H+W+L) suitcases weighing no more than 70 pounds each.
CARRY-ON LUGGAGE:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO ALL CUSTOMERS TRANSFERRING THROUGH A UK AIRPORT, WHICH IS WHAT WE WILL BE DOING.
The measures allow all air travellers departing from a UK airport to carry onboard ONE larger industry standard-sized bag, no bigger than 56cm x 45cm x 25cm.
Please note:Other bags, such as handbags, may be carried WITHIN the single item of cabin baggage.
Restrictions still apply on items allowed through security carried in a cabin bag.
The following items must NOT be carried in the cabin bag:
• Liquid cosmetics
• All toiletries
• All liquids
• All drinks
Items previously prohibited in cabin baggage, such as sharp objects, should not be carried onboard.
Cabin bags MAY contain the following:
• Electronic equipment, including laptops, mobile phones, MP3 players, portable music and DVD players, digital and film cameras, video cameras.
• Essential medicines in liquid form, in quantities of less than 50ml.
• Solid cosmetics.
Other items normally carried in cabin baggage, such as books, medicines in non-liquid form, keys, and travel documents may be carried in the cabin bag, as long as they fit into a bag no bigger than 56cm x 45cm x 25cm.
To help progress through the airport all customers are asked to adhere to the restrictions. Failure to do so will significantly delay the security screening process and inconvenience other travellers.
Customers whose bags exceed the permitted dimensions will be asked to check them in and prohibited items will be confiscated by the airport security team,
Electronic equipment such as laptops will be required to be removed from hand baggage and screened separately. We recommend these items be packed carefully for easy removal at the security search point.
Customers may purchase any item in store in the departure lounge before departing their final UK airport and take onto the aircraft as normal.
Customers transferring through the UK will be subject to the same hand baggage restrictions as those starting their journey from a UK airport.
If you arrive into the UK to connect with a British Airways flight (irrespective of original carrier) with more than ONE industry standard sized bag (56cm x 45cm x 25cm) or with prohibited items, you may be asked to check additional items into the hold, significantly delaying your onward journey.
Customers transferring through a UK airport onto another flight must not buy any prohibited items such as liquid cosmetics and toiletries until they have cleared security for their final departure from a UK airport.
