Dangerous Goods

The following articles should never be packed in baggage:

• Cigarette lighters and matches (when travelling from the USA)
• Explosives - fireworks, flares, toy guns, caps and party poppers
• Flammable and non-flammable gas - aerosols (over 2kg or 2 litres), camping gas cylinders
• Carbon dioxide cylinders for soda siphons, lighter refills, butane gas cylinders, filled aqua lung cylinders, mace
• Deeply refrigerated gases - liquid nitrogen
• Flammable liquids - paints, thinners, solvents
• Cooking oil
• Flammable solids - firelighters
• Oxidising materials - bleaches
• Organic peroxides - resin kits poisons - arsenic, cyanide, weed killer, tear gas
• Infectious substances - viruses and bacteria (which would affect humans and animals)
• Radioactive materials - instruments containing radioactive source radioisotopes for research
• Corrosive materials - acids, alkalis, metallic mercury, thermometers containing mercury, barometers
• Magnetised materials, formalin etc.
• Weapons

Firearms and Ammunition

Firearms and ammunition designed for sporting and hunting purposes shall be carried as checked baggage only in the aircraft holds, which are inaccessible from the cabin when the following conditions are met:
- Firearms must be unloaded and made safe.
- Ammunition with explosive or incendiary projectiles are not accepted.
- Firearms are suitably packed to avoid breakage. Firearms may also be packed in passenger baggage among other items as long as it is well protected against breakage. Hard shell cases are recommended.
- Ammunition must be securely boxed and can also be packed together in the same case with the firearm.
- Maximum allowance for ammunition per passenger is 5 kg (pooling is not allowed). If the passenger travelling a group where more than one passenger carries the allowed amount of ammunition per person, the ammunition must be packed into separate packages each of which must not exceed 5 kg.
- If the firearm/ammunition is not within the normal baggage allowance, normal excess baggage charges apply.

It is advisable to contact the relevant embassy or consulate to confirm the latest regulations of the destination country. The customs regulations of the destination shall be strictly followed.