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Banned items

Dangerous goods are articles or substances which are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment. The carriage by air transport of these materials is strictly regulated.

We do not allow the following dangerous goods on board our aircraft on your person, as part of carry-on or checked baggage:

  • Explosives – fireworks, ammunition, flares etc.
  • Gas cylinders containing flammable, non-flammable, toxic and refrigerated liquefied gas (e.g. butane, oxygen, propane, refrigerated liquid nitrogen etc).
  • Flammable liquids – paint, petrol, lighter refills, solvents, varnish etc.
  • Flammable solids – firelighters etc.
  • Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
  • Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gases
  • Oxidising materials – paint stripper, etc.
  • Organic peroxides – bleach, etc
  • Toxic substances – insecticides, weedkiller, etc.
  • Infectious substances – bacteria, viruses, etc.
  • Radioactive materials
  • Corrosives – wet cell batteries, acids, mercury barometers, etc.
  • Miscellaneous dangerous goods – magnetised materials, dry ice (carbon dioxide solid) chemical etc.

Note: strike anywhere matches, disabling devices (mace, pepper spray etc) and security attaché cases containing dangerous goods (e.g. pyrotechnic devices etc.) are FORBIDDEN. 

Cooking Oils are also prohibited from carriage in checked or carry-on baggage.

Exceptions are detailed in the following table: