Before travelling, we recommended that you read carefully the detailed rules what items can be carried in your hand baggage: They can be download here.
Items that are forbidden from being carried in hand baggage
It is forbidden to carry the following in the baggage that you intend to take on board the plane, including but not limited to:
- Firearms and weapons and other projectile propelling devices
- Paralysers
- Objects with pointed ends or sharp edges
- Working tools
- Blunt objects
- Explosives and flammable substances and devices
For a list of the transported items people ask about most often, please see here.
Transporting liquids and gels in hand luggage
Liquids, sprays and gels (drinks, perfumes and creams, shampoos and shower gels, cosmetic sprays, lipsticks, toothpastes and foodstuffs such as soft cheese, pâtés and other), can only be carried in hand baggage if the following conditions are complied with:
- They are presented separately to be checked outside the baggage during the security check
- They are enclosed in packages of a maximum volume of 100 ml (100 g)
- Their volume is originally indicated (they are in their original packaging)
- They are stored in a transparent, re-sealable plastic bag with a maximum volume of 1 litre
At the same time, liquid, aerosols and gels which are child nutrition or dietary foods required for the duration of the trip can be carried (we recommend that you carry confirmation from your physician or a medical prescription), or they have been purchased from flight-side vendors and are packed in a sealed safety package for the duration of the trip (so-called STEB)
Firearms and weapons and other projectile propelling devices
Devices that can be used to cause serious injuries by propelling projectiles, or if they appear that this may be the case, including but not limited to:
firearms of all types such as pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns
toy weapon imitations, replicas and firearm imitations that may be confused with real weapons,
parts of firearms, except for optical sights
firearms operating on compressed air and CO2, e.g. pistols, pellet guns, rifles and ball bearing guns
signalling weapons and starting pistols
bows, crossbows and arrows
harpoons and spears,
slingshots and catapults
Paralysers
Devices causing shock, such as paralysers (stun guns), tasers and batons with electric paralysers (stun batons)
equipment to stun and slaughter animals
paralysing and stunning chemicals substances, gases and sprays, such as sprays with vomiting agents, pepper sprays, paprika sprays, tear gas, acidic sprays and animal repellents
Objects with pointed ends or sharp edges
Items that can be used with the aim of causing severe injuries, including but not limited to:
- items intended for chopping, such as axes, hatchets and picks
swords and sabres
ice picks and ice axes
razor blades
cutters with break-off blades
knives with blades longer than 6 cm
scissors with blades longer than 6 cm measured from the knuckle
- equipment for martial arts with sharp points or edges
Working tools
Tools that can be used to cause severe injuries or put the safety of the plane at risk, including but not limited to:
claw bars
drills and drill bits, including portable battery-powered drills
tools with blades or handles longer than 6 cm that can be used as weapons, such as screwdrivers and chisels
saws, including portable battery-powered saws
soldering lamps
- bolt and nail guns
Blunt objects
Items that can be used to hit somebody else to inflict a severe injury, including but not limited to:
baseball and softball bats
batons or truncheons, such as clubs, truncheons and police batons
- equipment for martial arts
Explosives and flammable substances and devices
Explosives and flammable substances and equipment that can be used to inflict a severe injury or put the safety of the plane at risk or if they appear to have such an effect, including but not limited to:
ammunition
detonators
detonators and incendiary devices
replicas or imitations of explosive devices
mines, grenades and other military equipment containing explosives
ofireworks and other pyrotechnic products
smoke bombs and smoke cartridges
- dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives
Other items
DOther items that can be deemed forbidden due to the nature of their potential use, such as:
handcuffs, electrical tape, tape with high-strength adhesion
strings of all types
various specialised tools and equipment