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Baggage advice

To ease your client's journey through the airport, make sure they know their free baggage allowance and what they're permitted to take in their luggage.

Baggage allowance 
Single piece hand baggage allowance 
Liquids in hand baggage and security screening 
Maximum weight 
Maximum size 
Items to take onboard 
Items not permitted in cabin or hold baggage
Medicines and toiletries 
Items which require approval 
Travellers' checklist 

Free baggage allowance

When flying with bmi your clients are permitted a free hand and hold baggage allowance and by making sure they know what they are permitted to take in their luggage will ensure a stress free journey through the airport. 

Single piece of hand baggage limit

Please note that at some airports the single hand baggage allowance policy remains in place at some airports.

If your customers are travelling from or transiting through an airport where the single hand baggage allowance remains in place, they will only be permitted one piece regardless of their personal allowance. 

Limit of ONE piece of hand baggage is retained at:

• Leeds Bradford

Liquids in hand baggage and security screening

Where possible customers should put all liquid items in their hold baggage. This includes water and other drinks, creams, sprays, pastes and gels.  If liquid is to be carried on to the aircraft your clients must ensure they adhere to current regulations.  View larger image of regulations

A small amount of liquids are allowed through security screening if:

• The liquid is in a container with a capacity no greater than 100ml (or equivalent)
• The containers are all contained within one closed transparent re-sealable plastic bag (such as a re-sealable freezer bag or zip top bag) which itself must not exceed 1 litre in capacity or 20cm x 20cm
• The contents of the plastic bag fit comfortably and the bag is completely closed
• The plastic bag should be taken out of your cabin bag and placed in a tray for x-ray screening.  In this case ‘liquids' include gels, pastes, lotions, liquid/solid mixtures and the contents of pressurised containers, e.g. toothpaste, hair gel, drinks, soups, syrups, perfume, deodorant, shaving foam, aerosols, etc.

In addition to the liquids permitted in one transparent re-sealable bag you can take the following onboard:

• Electrical equipment including laptops, mobile phones, MP3 players, portable music and DVD players, digital and film cameras, video cameras - all larger electrical equipment will need to be removed from your cabin baggage and x-ray screened separately
• Essential medicines in liquid form sufficient and essential for the flight in quantities less than 50ml (e.g. diabetic kit), as long as verified as authentic - items must be removed from the bag and placed in a tray and screened separately
• Solid cosmetics
• Baby milk and liquid baby food (the contents of each bottle or jar must be tasted by the accompanying passenger) are permitted in the cabin bag

Other items

• All coats and jackets must be removed and screened as cabin baggage
• Items normally carried in cabin baggage such as books, medicines in non-liquid form, keys and travel documents may be carried in the cabin bag as long as they fit into a bag no bigger than 56cm x 45cm x 25 cm
• Pushchairs and walking aids, including wheelchairs are permitted but must be security screened

Maximum weight

All passengers travelling to and from the UK are not permitted to check in any bag that weighs in excess of 32kg (70lbs). 

The maximum weight limit of 32kg for any individual piece of baggage does not relate to your overall entitlement but is a safety measure to reduce injuries to baggage handling staff.  Any item over 32kg should be referred to bmi cargo.

Maximum size

Hand baggage must have a maximum length of 55cm, width of 40cm and depth of 23cm.  These dimensions include wheels, handles, side pockets, etc.  If hand baggage exceeds this size, passengers will be asked to return to check-in and check the bag into the hold.

Items to be carried onboard

Remind your clients to carry the following items onboard the aircraft:

• Tickets, passports or other travel documents/identification papers
• Fragile articles (including bottles containing liquid)
• Jewellery, precious metals and other valuables, money, credit cards, cheques, negotiable papers, important documents, cameras, camcorders, car key, house keys etc
• Medicines

Items not permitted in your cabin or checked baggage

For safety reasons, dangerous goods as defined in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, such as those listed below, must not be carried in cabin or checked baggage.

• Explosives - ammunitions, fireworks, flares etc 
• Compressed gases (flammable, non-flammable, deeply refrigerated and poisonous) such as camping gas and aerosols
• Flammable liquids such as lighter fuels, paints and thinner
• Flammable solids such as matches and articles which are easily ignited such as firelighters
• Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
• Substances which on contact with water emit flammable gases
• Oxidising substances (such as bleaching powder and peroxides)
• Poisonous (toxic) and infectious substances such insecticides, weed killers and live virus materials
• Radioactive materials
• Corrosives such as mercury (which may be contained in thermometers) acids, alkalis and wet cell batteries
• Disabling devices such as mace, pepper spray, etc containing an irritant or incapacitating substance are prohibited on the person, in checked and carry-on baggage
• Briefcases and security type attaché cases with installed alarm devices; or incorporative lithium batteries and/or pyrotechnic material
• Magnetised materials and miscellaneous dangerous goods as listed in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations
• Personal medical oxygen devices that utilise liquid oxygen are prohibited

Please note: One small packet of safety matches or a cigarette lighter that does not contain unabsorbed liquid fuel, other than liquified gas, may be carried about your person. Strike anywhere matches are forbidden on all air transport.

Medicines and toiletries

Customers may take non-radioactive medicinal items or toiletries (including aerosols) like hairsprays, perfumes, colognes and medicines containing alcohol, in limited quantities in checked and hand baggage:

• Single articles must not weigh more than 0.5kg or 0.5 litres (1.1lb or 1pt).
• Combined articles must not weight more than 2.0 kg or 2.0 litres (4.4lbs or 2.0qt)
• Release valves on aerosols must be protected by a cap or other suitable means to prevent inadvertent release of the contents

Please note that some of the quantities stated above are further restricted by current security restrictions, if these items are carried as hand baggage.

Miscellaneous articles which require approval

Other dangerous articles may be carried as air cargo provided that they are packed in accordance with the Dangerous Goods Act. Please check with our travel trade line if you have additional questions and or queries.  

Travellers checklist

Trade travellers checklist

For up to date travel information please see the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website


Air Carrier Liability for passengers and their baggage

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