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The following table are guidelines from the Transportation Security Administration for items that are allowed and provided for both hand carry and checked-in baggages during air travels. We understand that not all of these items maybe applicable in the Middle East and Asian countries and we advise individual passengers if you have questions to direct it to your travel agents and airline companies.
via Rappler: PAL suspends cargo carriage of lithium ion batteries
"The suspension of lithium ion battery shipments coincides with the growing number of international carriers banning the shipment of the product. Flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) is no longer accepting lithium ion batteries for carriage as cargo, citing potential fire hazards posed by such type of shipment.
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are used in consumer electronics such as mobile telephones and laptop computers. Non-rechargeable lithium metal batteries are generally used to power devices such as watches, calculators, and temperature data loggers.
PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Jaime Bautista said the airline is imposing the ban on lithium ion battery shipments, amid the growing number of international carriers banning the shipment of the product.
“Safety is the cornerstone of our operations. We mitigate risks as we assure our passengers of our commitment to safety,” Bautista said."
Faulty battery in passenger’s handbag delays Saudia flight
A bad flammable battery inside a passenger’s handbag on a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 777-200 Flight No. SV885, heading to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh from Guangzhou, China, spread sparks and smoke and caused the delay of the flight after all passengers were removed from the plane for their safety...
Al-Shahrani commended the prompt action of the crew as they followed and applied all necessary safety measures.
“They took the bag outside the plane and removed passengers from the plane to ensure their safety. They directed them to a specialized medical center for checks and to make sure they were capable of boarding the plane again. Such measures are employed by Saudi Arabian Airlines within the framework of its operational processes,” he said.
He advised passengers not to carry flammable devices or material while traveling on planes because of the hazards and dangers they pose to their lives and the lives of others as well.
“International aviation systems prohibit carrying such devices and materials,” he said.
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Source: Seat Guru
from Philippine Airlines
READ ALSO:
BAGGAGE ALLOWANCES FROM MIDDLE EAST
|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
All creams and lotions including Neosporin or first-aid
creams and ointments, topical or rash creams and ointments, suntan lotions,
moisturizers, etc.
|
No
|
Yes
|
Bug sprays
|
No
|
Yes
|
Bubble bath including gel- or
liquid-filled bubble bath balls, bath oils, or moisturizers
|
No
|
Yes
|
Gel deodorants
|
No
|
Yes
|
Gel cap type pills
|
No
|
Yes
|
Hair styling gels
|
No
|
Yes
|
Hair sprays of all kinds including
aerosol
|
No
|
Yes
|
Hair straightener or detangler
|
No
|
Yes
|
Lip gels, glosses, or liquids
|
No
|
Yes
|
Liquid foundations
|
No
|
Yes
|
Liquid soaps
|
No
|
Yes
|
Make up removers or facial
cleansers
|
No
|
Yes
|
Mascara
|
No
|
Yes
|
Mouthwash
|
No
|
Yes
|
Nail polish and removers
|
No
|
Yes
|
Perfumes or colognes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Toothpaste
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
All beverages
|
No
|
Yes
|
Liquid Medications (These items
should be separated from your zip-top bag, and they must be declared for
inspection at the security checkpoint.)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Empty Camelbaks, similar backpacks and water bottles
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Gel-based sports supplements
|
No
|
Yes
|
Jellos
|
No
|
Yes
|
Puddings
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yogurts or gel-like substances
|
No
|
Yes
|
Non-liquid, non-gel foods (such as
sandwiches)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
When traveling with an infant or
toddler: baby formula and food, breast
milk, and juice in reasonable quantities exceeding 3 oz. (Recently, the TSA
hasamended this rule to
allow you to carry on baby formula even if you are nottraveling
with an infant. These items should be separated from your zip-top bag, and
they must be declared for inspection at the security checkpoint.)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
from Philippine Airlines
|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Baby teethers with gel or liquid
inside
|
No
|
Yes
|
Children's toys with gel inside
|
No
|
Yes
|
Cigar Cutters
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Corkscrews
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Cuticle Cutters
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Eyeglass Repair Tools (including
screwdrivers)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Eyelash Curlers
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Gel candles
|
No
|
Yes
|
Gel shoe inserts
|
No
|
Yes
|
Knitting and Crochet Needles
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Knives - prohibited as carry-on
except for plastic or round bladed butter knives.
|
No
|
Yes
|
Nail Clippers
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Nail Files
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Personal care or toiletries with
aerosols, in limited quantities (such as hairsprays, deodorants)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Safety Razors (including
disposable razors)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Scissors - plastic or metal with
blunt tips
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Scissors - metal with pointed tips
and blades shorter than four inches in length
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Toy Transformer Robots
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Toy Weapons (if not realistic
replicas)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Tweezers
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Umbrellas (allowed in carry-on
baggage once they have been inspected to ensure that prohibited items are not
concealed)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Walking Canes (allowed in carry-on
baggage once they have been inspected to ensure that prohibited items are not
concealed)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
BAGGAGE ALLOWANCES FROM MIDDLE EAST
|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Blood sugar treatment up to 8 oz.
of liquid or gel
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Braille Note-Taker, Slate and
Stylus, Augmentation Devices
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Diabetes-Related
Supplies/Equipment, (once inspected to ensure prohibited items are not
concealed) including: insulin and insulin-loaded dispensing products; vials
or box of individual vials; jet injectors; pens; infusers; and preloaded
syringes; and an unlimited number of unused syringes, when accompanied by
insulin; lancets; blood glucose meters; blood glucose meter test strips;
insulin pumps; and insulin pump supplies. Insulin in any form or
dispenser must be properly marked with a professionally printed label
identifying the medication or manufacturer’s name or pharmaceutical label.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Nitroglycerine pills or spray for
medical use (if properly marked with a professionally printed label
identifying the medication or manufacturer’s name or pharmaceutical label)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Ostomy Scissors - All scissors
with blades four inches or less
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Prescription medicine with a name
that matches the passenger's ticket
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Non-Prescription medicine up to 4
oz.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Prosthetic Device Tools and Appliances,
including drills, allen wrenches, and pullsleeves used to put on or remove
prosthetic devices, if carried by the individual with the prosthetic device
or his or her companion
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
TRAVELLING with Disabilities and
Medical Conditions, click here for more details information
or you can contact your travel agent or designated airline companies
|
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READ ALSO:
YOU WILL NOT BRING THESE ITEMS INTO SAUDI ARABIA
YOU WILL NOT BRING THESE ITEMS INTO SAUDI ARABIA
|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Camcorders
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Camera Equipment - The checked
baggage screening equipment will damage undeveloped film in camera equipment.
We recommend that you either put undeveloped film and cameras containing
undeveloped film in your carry-on baggage or take undeveloped film with you
to the checkpoint and ask the screener to conduct a hand-inspection.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Laptop Computers
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Mobile Phones
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Pagers
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Personal Data Assistants (PDA’s)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Note: Check and confirm with your individual
airline or travel agent for restrictions on the use of these and other
electronic items during your flight.
|
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|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Box Cutters
|
No
|
Yes
|
Ice Axes/Ice Picks
|
No
|
Yes
|
Knives - prohibited as carry-on
except for plastic or round bladed butter knives.
|
No
|
Yes
|
Meat Cleavers
|
No
|
Yes
|
Razor-Type Blades, such as box
cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding
safety razors (disposable razors and their cartridges are permitted)
|
No
|
Yes
|
Sabers
|
No
|
Yes
|
Scissors - metal with pointed tips
and blades longer than four inches
|
No
|
Yes
|
Swords
|
No
|
Yes
|
Note: Any sharp objects in checked baggage
should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers
and inspectors.
|
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|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Baseball Bats
|
No
|
Yes
|
Bows and Arrows
|
No
|
Yes
|
Cricket Bats
|
No
|
Yes
|
Golf Clubs
|
No
|
Yes
|
Hockey Sticks
|
No
|
Yes
|
Lacrosse Sticks
|
No
|
Yes
|
Pool Cues
|
No
|
Yes
|
Ski Poles
|
No
|
Yes
|
Spear Guns
|
No
|
Yes
|
Skates (including ice skates and
roller blades)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
*For those passengers traveling with other
types of sporting equipment used for activities such as camping, hunting and
fishing, paintball, or scuba diving, please click here to
learn more.
|
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|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Ammunition - Check with your
airline or travel agent to see if ammunition is permitted in checked baggage
on the airline you are flying. If ammunition is permitted, it must be declared
to the airline at check-in. Small arms ammunitions for personal use
must be securely packed in fiber, wood, or metal boxes or other packaging
specifically designed to carry small amounts of ammunition.
Ask about limitations or fees, if any, that apply.
|
No
|
Yes
|
BB guns
|
No
|
Yes
|
Compressed Air Guns
|
No
|
Yes
|
Firearms
|
No
|
Yes
|
Flare Guns
|
No
|
Yes
|
Flares
|
No
|
No
|
Gun Lighters
|
No
|
No
|
Gun Powder (including black powder
and percussion caps)
|
No
|
No
|
Parts of Guns and Firearms
|
No
|
Yes
|
Pellet Guns
|
No
|
Yes
|
Realistic Replicas of Firearms
|
No
|
Yes
|
Starter Pistols
|
No
|
Yes
|
Note: Check with your airline or travel
agent to see if firearms are permitted in checked baggage on the airline you
are flying. Ask about limitations or fees, if any, that apply. All of the
firearms listed above, as well the frame or receiver of such firearms,
carried as checked baggage, MUST be unloaded, packed in locked hard-sided gun
case, and declared to your airline at check-in.
|
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|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Axes and Hatchets
|
No
|
Yes
|
Cattle Prods
|
No
|
Yes
|
Crowbars
|
No
|
Yes
|
Hammers
|
No
|
Yes
|
Drills (including cordless
portable power drills)
|
No
|
Yes
|
Saws (including cordless portable
power saws)
|
No
|
Yes
|
Tools (greater than seven inches
in length)
|
No
|
Yes
|
Tools (seven inches or less in
length)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Screwdrivers (seven inches or less
in length)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Wrenches and Pliers (seven inches
or less in length)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Note: Any sharp objects in checked baggage
should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers
and security screener.
|
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Martial Arts/Self Defense Items
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Billy Clubs
|
No
|
Yes
|
Black Jacks
|
No
|
Yes
|
Brass Knuckles
|
No
|
Yes
|
Kubatons
|
No
|
Yes
|
Mace/Pepper Spray
One 118 ml or 4 fl. oz. container of mace or pepper spray is permitted in checked baggage provided it is equipped with a safety mechanism to prevent accidental discharge. |
No
|
Yes
|
Martial Arts Weapons
|
No
|
Yes
|
Night Sticks
|
No
|
Yes
|
Nunchakus
|
No
|
Yes
|
Stun Guns/Shocking Devices
|
No
|
Yes
|
Throwing Stars
|
No
|
Yes
|
Note: Any sharp objects in checked baggage
should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers
and security screeners.
|
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Explosive Materials
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Blasting Caps
|
No
|
No
|
Dynamite
|
No
|
No
|
Fireworks
|
No
|
No
|
Flares (in any form)
|
No
|
No
|
Hand Grenades
|
No
|
No
|
Plastic Explosives
|
No
|
No
|
Realistic Replicas of Explosives
|
No
|
No
|
|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Aerosol (any except for personal
care or toiletries in limited quantities)
|
No
|
No
|
Fuels (including cooking fuels and
any flammable liquid fuel)
|
No
|
No
|
Gasoline
|
No
|
No
|
Gas Torches
|
No
|
No
|
Lighter Fluid
|
No
|
No
|
Lighters *
|
No
*
|
No
*
|
Strike-anywhere Matches **
|
No
**
|
No
**
|
Flammable Paints
|
No
|
No
|
Turpentine and Paint Thinner
|
No
|
No
|
Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries
|
No
|
No
|
* All lighters are prohibited as carry-on items. Lighters
without fuel are permitted in checked baggage. Lighters with fuel are
prohibited in checked baggage, unless they adhere to the DOT exemption, which
allows up to two fueled lighters if properly enclosed in a DOT approved case.
If you are uncertain as to whether your lighter is prohibited, please refrain
from bringing it to the airport.
** One book of safety (non-strike anywhere) matches are permitted as carry-on items, but all matches are prohibited in checked baggage. |
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|
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Chlorine for Pools and Spas
|
No
|
No
|
Compressed Gas
Cylinders (including fire extinguishers)
|
No
|
No
|
Small compressed gas
cartridges
(Up to 2 in life
vests and 2 spares. The spares must accompany the life vests and be presented
as one unit.)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Liquid Bleach
|
No
|
No
|
Spillable Batteries (except those
in wheelchairs)
|
No
|
No
|
Spray Paint
|
No
|
No
|
Tear Gas
|
No
|
No
|
Vehicle Airbags
|
No
|
No
|
*Up to 2 in life vests and 2 spares.
**Spares must accompany the life vests and be presented as one unit |
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|
Item
Type
|
Hand Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in Bags
|
Wearing
Loose Fitting Garments
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Head
Coverings
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Religious/Cultural/Ceremonial
Knives or Swords
|
No
|
Yes
|
*Passengers
are allowed multiple options to consider ones' religious or cultural needs.
If you do not want to pass through the metal detector, you may request
a personal search (pat-down inspection) as an alternative. For those
wearing loose fitting garments through the security process, you may undergo
additional screening for further examination. All passengers traveling
through security are allowed to wear head coverings (whether of a religious
nature or not), however all of these passengers are subject to additional
screening if necessary. To learn more, click here.
|
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Other
Items
Item Type
|
Hand
Carry-Bags
|
Checked-in
Bags
|
Gel-type candles
|
No
|
Yes
|
Gel shoe inserts (Gel shoe inserts
are not permitted, but shoes constructed with gel heels are allowed and must
be removed and screened.)
|
No
|
Yes
|
Non-flammable liquid, gel, or
aerosol paint
|
Yes
(3 oz. or smaller container)
|
Yes
|
Flammable liquid, gel, or aerosol
paint
|
No
|
No
|
Snow globes and like decorations
regardless of size or amount of liquid inside, even with documentation.
|
No
|
Yes
|
Knitting Needles and Needle Point
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Circular Thread Cutters (or any
cutter with a blade contained inside
|
No
|
Yes
|
Marijuana
|
No
|
No
|
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