Lori

British Airways welcomes the Government's announcement (Monday August 14), easing restrictions on hand baggage on flights departing all UK airports.

From Tuesday 15 August all UK airports will implement the new hand baggage policy:

Customers traveling will be able to take on board as hand baggage one cabin bag no bigger than 16cm by 35 cm by 45 cm, the size of a small laptop bag.

These restrictions are enforced on UK outbound routes only, but we recommend that all passengers carry hand baggage that complies with these regulations.

Restrictions remain in place on the contents of cabin baggage:

Cabin baggage MUST NOT contain:

Any cosmetics
Any toiletries
Any liquids
Any drinks
Cabin baggage CAN contain the following:

Electronic equipment, including laptops, mobile phones and portable music and DVD players,
Prescribed medicines in liquid form e.g. diabetic medicines
Baby milk and liquid baby food (the contents of each bottle MUST be tasted by the parent)
To help progress through the airport all customers are encouraged not to include items capable of containing liquids (e.g. bottles, flasks, cans etc.) in either their hand or checked baggage.

All electronic equipment will need to be removed from the item of hand baggage and screened separately. We recommend these items be packed carefully for easy removal at the security search point.

Pushchairs and walking aids will be permitted but must be x-ray screened.

Once in the departure lounge customers may purchase any item in any store and take it onto the aircraft as normal unless you are traveling to the USA.

For customers traveling to the USA, extra restrictions are in place - customers WILL NOT be permitted to take any liquid or gel items purchased in the departures lounge into the aircraft cabin. All food or beverage items must be consumed before boarding.

In addition to the laptop sized bag mentioned above, passengers departing on flights to the UK from North America, South America and the Carribean, who are not transfering onto any other connecting flights, will be able to take on board an additional piece of cabin baggage no bigger than 56cm x 45cm x 25cm.


More information
Further information can be found at:-

UK Department for Transport www.dft.gov.uk

London Heathrow and Gatwick Airport
Customer advice on what they can bring and buy at the airport www.baa.com


US Transport Security Administration www.tsa.gov

Canada Air Transport Security Authority www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca

Please note: These are links to external websites, not ba.com.
British Airways is not responsible for the information contained in this website and different terms and conditions may apply.

Dukey

Thanks for posting as it is always helpful to get the latest information.

However, I wonder if any terrorists are smart enough to be plotting the liquid/gel thing on planes NOT bound for the US? Do you think an explosion on a flight bound for another country would be any less significant?

FainaAgain

Are cameras still allowed, or we must check them in now?

Lori

FainaAgain - who knows ??? It's a mystery and hard to figure out exactly what BA means about electronic equip. Not sure if a camera falls into that category or not. I was hoping they would say lipstick (in a tube) and powder blusher was ok but apparently they are still on the "no cosmetics" thing.

They (US and UK) need to really put out lists with the kind of stuff people actually travel with .. if the people (men perhaps ?) who write these lists do not seem to be aware that there are different kinds of cosmetics (powders, tubes, etc.) so it seems they say "no cosmetics" as in "one size fits all". It's like solid vs. roll on or gel deodorant ..

Eventually I hope they figure this all out.

jyabroad

any info on baggage allowances for passengers connecting in London (from USA)to W. Europe?