Prohibited baggage

1. What items are forbidden to carry in checked baggage?

• Ammunition;
• Explosive capsule;
• Detonators and fuses (detonating cords);
• Mines, grenades and other explosive military devices;
• Fireworks, flares and other pyrotechnics;
• Smoke generating canisters or cartridges;
• Dynamite, gunpowder and any other explosives and explosive devices.

It is also prohibited to carry:

• Radioactive and strongly magnetised materials;
• Poisonous and infectious substances;
• Items the carriage of which is banned by the government, regulations or laws issued by the  countries or states of departure / destination;
• Objects that because of their size and / or weight cannot be loaded on a passenger aircraft;
• Perishable foods, which may damage other persons’ luggage.

2. What items are forbidden to carry in hand luggage?

A list of items forbidden to carry in the passenger cabin is provided below.

Firearms, non-firing weapons – any objects that may shoot or cause injuries:

Firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc.);

• Firearms replicas and imitation;
• Parts of firearms (except sighting devices and sights);
• Air pistols and air rifles;
• Signal pistols;
• Starting gun;
• Toy guns of all types;
• Pneumatic ball-cartridge loaded firearms;
• Industrial bolt and nail guns;
• Crossbows;
• Irons;
• Harpoon guns;
• Humane animal extermination devices;
• Intoxicating or percussive devices (e.g. cattle prods, electric ballast devices)
• Lighters shaped like a firearm;

Pointed and edged weapons and sharp objects - sharp and bladed objects that may cause injures:

• Axes and hatchets,
• Arrows and darts,
• Crampons;
• Harpoons and spears;
• Ice axes and ice picks;
• Ice skates;
• Lockable or flick knives with blades of any length;
• Knives, including ceremonial knives, with blades of more than 6 cm, made of metal or any other material strong enough to be used as a potential weapon;
• Meat cleavers;
• Machetes;
• Open razors and blades (excluding safety or disposable razors with blades enclosed);
• Sabres, swords and sticks with a hidden blade;
• Scalpels;
• Scissors with a blade of more than 6 cm;
• Ski and walking sticks;
• Propellants stars;
• Craft tools that can be used as a pointed or edged weapon (e.g.,
• drills and drill bits, box cutters, saws of all types, screwdrivers, crowbars,
• hammers, pliers, wrenches, soldering irons).

Blunt instruments - any blunt instrument that may be used to cause injuries:

• Baseball and softball bats;
• Clubs or batons - rigid or flexible (e.g., truncheons, bludgeons, sticks and telescopic sticks);
• Cricket bats;
• Golf clubs;
• Hockey sticks;
• Lacrosse sticks;
• Kayak and canoe paddles;
• Skateboards;
• Billiard, snooker and pool sticks;
• Fishing rods;
• Martial arts equipment (e.g., knuckle-dusters, bludgeons, blackjacks, nunchaku, kubatons (fighting sticks) kubasaunts).

Explosives and flammable substances - any explosive or highly combustible substances which pose a threat to the health of passengers or crew or the security and safety of the aircraft or property:

• Ammunition;
• Explosive capsule;
• Detonators and fuses (detonating cords);
• Explosives and explosive devices;
• Replicas or imitation of explosive substances or devices;
• Mines and other explosive military devices;
• Grenades of all types;
• Gas and gas containers (e.g. butane, propane, oxygen) in large quantities;
• Fireworks in any form, flares and other pyrotechnics (including confetti cannons, toy gun caps);
• Safety matches;
• Smoke generating canisters or cartridges;
• Flammable liquid (e.g. petrol, alcohol, fuel torches);
• Aerosol spray paint;
• Turpentine and paint thinners;
• Alcoholic beverages stronger than 70% by volume.

Chemical and toxic substances - any chemical or toxic substances which pose a threat to the health of passengers or crew or the security and safety of the aircraft or property:

• Acids and alkalis (e.g. batteries filled with liquid electrolyte);
• Corrosive or bleaching substances (e.g. mercury, chlorine);
• Neutralizing or paralyzing gas injection (e.g. pepper, tear);
• Radioactive substances (e.g. medical or commercial isotopes);
• Poisons;
• Infectious or biohazardous substances (e.g. infected blood, bacteria and viruses);
• Spontaneously combustible material;
• Fire extinguishers.