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Airline restrictions, all in one place. Check the maximum weight of hand and checked luggage.

Click on the selected airline and check the maximum weight of hand and checked luggage:

  1. Air France
  2. LOT
  3. Ryanair
  4. Wizz Air
  5. Small Planet Airlines
  6. EasyJet
  7. Emirates
  8. Lufthansa
  9. Air Canada
  10. British Airways
  11. Iberia
  12. China Southern
  13. Qatar Airways

Air France

Checked luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: The sum of the dimensions must not exceed 158 cm.
  • ⚖️ Weight: 23 kg
  • Business Class / La Premiere: 32 kg

Hand luggage:

Regardless of the direction, you can take one standard hand luggage and one personal luggage.

  • 🧳 Size: 55 x 35 x 25 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: Total 12 kg for (economy) or 18 kg for (Premium Economy, Business or La Première cabins)
  • 💡 You can take two pieces of hand luggage in Premium Economy, Business or La Première cabins.

Personal luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 40 x 30 x 15 cm

You can choose one option:

  • Bag
  • Folder
  • Laptop bag

Additionally, you can take:

  • Umbrella
  • Products purchased in the duty-free zone
  • Outerwear
  • Accessories for children
  • Medical equipment

Last update: August 2020

 

LOT

Checked luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: The sum of the dimensions must not exceed 158 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 23 kg

Hand luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 55 x 40 x 23 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 8 kg

👔 LOT Business Class - 2 pieces each up to 9 kg

💡 Additionally, as part of the ticket price, as hand luggage, the passenger may take with him:

  • A handbag or a men's bag or laptop (dimensions 40 cm x 35 cm x 12 cm)
  • For traveling with children - food and a foldable pram or stroller

Excess baggage:

  • Additional piece (max. 23 kg and 158 cm)
  • Domestic flights: 40 EUR + 8% VAT
  • International flights: 70 EUR
  • Intercontinental flights: EUR 105
  • Additional piece with extended weight and size: (23-32 kg), > 158 cm)
  • Domestic flights: 80 EUR + 8% VAT
  • International flights: 140 EUR
  • Intercontinental flights: EUR 210

🚴 Sports equipment

  • Sports equipment may be carried free of charge if it is within the baggage allowance.
  • If you continue your journey with another carrier, please read its baggage regulations.
  • Extra charge for oversized sports equipment (exact list: http://www.lot.com/pl/pl/sprzet-sportowy)
  • Domestic flights: +EUR 12/25
  • International flights: +50/100 EUR
  • Intercontinental flights: +EUR 100/200
  • For departures from Polish ports, an additional service fee should be added: +EUR 10-15
  • The maximum weight of sports equipment may not exceed 45 kg.

Last updated: August 2020

Ryanair

Each passenger can reserve a maximum of three pieces of luggage.

Checked luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 81 x 119 x 119
  • ⚖️ Weight: 10-20 kg
  • Purchased online: EUR 10-40 + EUR 5/10 for increasing to 20 kg
  • Purchased at the airport: EUR 25-50 + EUR 10 for increasing to 20 kg

Hand luggage:

Only priority boarding passengers will be permitted to take one small bag (40cm x 20cm x 25cm), plus a larger cabin bag (55 x 40 x 20cm) with a maximum weight allowance of 10kg into the cabin free of charge.

Non-priority customers can only bring one small bag (40cm x 20cm x 25cm), that must fit into the sizer. If non-priority customers want to bring a second bigger bag, they can purchase a lower cost 10kg check-in bag at the time of booking online. It must be checked-in at the airport bag drop desk, prior to reaching airport security.

🧐 Did you know?

If you are a non-priority customer and have not already added a 10kg bag to your booking, but would like to, you can purchase one at the airport bag drop desk for an extra fee.

Duty-free bags are permitted in the cabin along with your cabin baggage.

Additional baggage:

Prices: on rayanair.com / at the airport

  • ⚖️ Maximum weight: 32 kg
  • 🚴 Sports equipment: 30 EUR/35 EUR
  • Bicycle: 60 EUR/70 EUR
  • Ski equipment: 40 EUR/45 EUR
  • Golf equipment: 30 EUR/35 EUR

💵 Additional fees:

  • Printing boarding pass at the airport: EUR 15
  • Credit card payment: 2%
  • Airport check-in: EUR 50
  • Infant: 20 EUR
  • Baby accessories: 20 EUR

Last updated: August 2020

 

WizzAir

Checked luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 149 x 119 x 171 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 32 kg

Small hand luggage: 

  • 🧳 Size: 42 x 32 x 25 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 2 kg

Large hand luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 56 x 45 x 25 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 10 kg

🧐 Did you know?

💡 If you use priority boarding, in addition to small or large hand luggage, you can bring an additional personal item onboard: a purse, a bag with a laptop or camera, the dimensions of which do not exceed 40 x 30 x 18 cm.

Onboard, you can also bring for free:

  • coat or blanket
  • mobile phone
  • something to read during the flight
  • for children under 2 years old: food for the duration of the flight and a foldable pram or small cradle
  • a pair of crutches for passengers with physical disabilities

🚴 Sports equipment 

Sports equipment is paid (online 30 EUR / on-site 60 EUR):

  • skis, snowboard, surfing equipment, golf bags should be packed in a pocket
  • jumping poles can only be transported packed in cloth bags
  • bicycles packed in a travel cover (the wheels and pedals must be removed and the handlebar parallel to the frame or wrapped in cardboard; the tires must be deflated
  • diving equipment - the cylinder must be empty, the power source removed or the switches protected in the off position

Last updated: August 2020

 

Small Planet Airlines

Checked luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: max circumference 158 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 20 kg

Hand luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 56 cm x 45 cm x 25 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 5 kg
  • For a child under 2 years old who has not purchased a separate seat - 10 kg checked baggage and a stroller.
  • Excess bags: +40 PLN
  • Special luggage transport fee: +160 PLN (Does not apply to tickets purchased directly through their website)

❗Exceptions:

  • Flights to Dubai and Tenerife cost additionally 87 EUR - one-way flight fee.
  • Sports equipment, musical instruments, prams or wheelchairs can be transported as special baggage. Passengers who want to carry special baggage must reserve an extra seat on the aircraft. This place should be bought in advance at the travel agency where you made the reservation or directly with the carrier, providing the dimensions and weight of the luggage.
  • Since the transport of special baggage requires prior planning, an additional fee is charged. The maximum total weight of special luggage for one passenger is 32 kg, while its length cannot exceed 270 cm.

Last updated: August 2020

EasyJet

Checked luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: max. 275 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 15 kg / 23 kg - depending on the option purchased (with the option to buy in packages of 3 kg, up to 32 kg)

Hand luggage:

  • Regardless of the direction, you can take one standard hand luggage without a weight limit, but you must place it yourself in the top hold.
  • 🧳 Size: 55 x 40 x 23 cm

Personal luggage:

  • If you are the holder of an EasyJet Plus card or are traveling with a baby under two years old.
  • 🧳 Size: 45 x 36 x 20 cm

🧐 Did you know?

In addition, passengers can take their outer clothing, shawl, umbrella, and mobility equipment, e.g. crutches, walking stick, or walking frame. If a passenger is in a wheelchair, this must be reported in advance so that the airport staff has time to prepare a special wheelchair to board.

Last updated: August 2020

 

Emirates

Checked luggage:

🧳 Size: max circumference 150 cm

⚖️ Weight in:

  • Saver and Flex tariff: 30 kg
  • Special tariff: 20 kg
  • Flex Plus tariff: 35 kg
  • Business-class: 40 kg
  • First-class: 50 kg

Hand luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 55 x 38 x 20 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 7 kg

🧐 Did you know?

  • You can report any number of pieces of baggage as long as its total weight does not exceed the maximum baggage allowance for your class. However, each individual piece may not weigh more than 32 kg in total.
  • If a single piece has overall dimensions (length + width + height) greater than 300 cm, it cannot be registered as baggage and should be sent as a load. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Last updated: August 2020

 

Lufthansa

Checked luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: the sum of the dimensions must not exceed 158 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 23 kg

Hand luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 55 x 40 x 23 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 8 kg

👔 Business-class:

  • ⚖️ Checked luggage weight: 2 x 32 kg
  • ⚖️ Hand luggage: 2 x 8 kg

🧐 Did you know?

  • Traveling with a ticket issued in the "Light" fare, you can book one item of baggage weighing up to 23 kg in the "My Reservations" tab, for a fee of EUR 15 per one-way trip. For last-minute reservations - at the ticket desk or check-in counter - a higher fee of EUR 30 applies, booking at the gate the fee is EUR 45.
  • Free transportation of sports luggage (skis, snowboarding, etc.) instead of the reserved baggage or as an extra suitcase does not apply to travel with a Light fare ticket. Fees for extra sports baggage and extra baggage can be found here.

Last updated: August 2020

 

Air Canada

Checked luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: max. 158 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: up to 23 kg
  • The sizes and prices vary depending on the flight, we recommend using the luggage calculator

Hand luggage:

Regardless of the direction, you can take one standard hand luggage and one personal luggage.

  • 🧳 Size: 55 x 40 x 23 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 10 kg

Personal luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 33 x 43 x 16 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 10 kg

🧐 Did you know?

  • If you travel with a child, you can take extra personal luggage.
  • You cannot consume your own food and drinks on board.

Additional advice from the carrier

The following items must always be placed in your carry-on baggage:

  • laptop
  • the key from the house/car
  • medicines
  • cash
  • valuable items like the camera
  • do not wrap luggage with materials preventing it from being opened
  • remove all old markings from previous flights
  • add a tag to recognize it

Last updated: August 2020

 

British Airways

Checked luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 90 x 75 x 43 cm (The luggage dimension includes protruding parts such as wheels)
  • ⚖️ Weight: 23 kg (on some flights the limit is 32 kg, details here)
  • 🌟Premium economy class: 2x 23kg
  • 👔 First-class and Business: 3x 23 kg

Hand luggage:

Regardless of the direction, you can take one standard hand luggage and one personal luggage (e.g. laptop or handbag)

  • 🧳 Size: 56 x 45 x 25 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 23 kg

Personal luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 40 x 30 x 15 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 23 kg
  • Personal baggage must be affixed with the "yellow mark" available from airport staff. Keep this luggage under the seat.

🧐 Did you know?

  • If you are traveling with a child, you can take a pram with maximum dimensions 117 x 38 x 38 cm and a child seat free of charge - see details.
  • For excess baggage (24-32kg) a fee of 75 EUR will be added.
  • You can also buy additional hand luggage at the airport - 75 EUR or online (20-55 EUR depending on the flight).

Last updated: August 2020

 

Iberia

Checked luggage:

Domestic and European flights

  • Basic class: none
  • Classic/Flexible class: 
    • 🧳 Size: max. 158 cm
    • ⚖️ Weight: 23 kg 
  • 👔 Business-class: 2 pieces

Flights from/to the Middle East

  • 💰 Economy:
    • 🧳 Size: max. 158 cm
    • ⚖️ Weight: 23 kg 
  • 👔 Business-class: 2 pieces

Flights from/to America, Asia, and South Africa

  • 💰 Reduced economy:
    • 🧳 Size: max. 158 cm
    • ⚖️ Weight: 23 kg 
  • 👔 Full economy and business: 2 pieces
  • 👔 Business plus: 3 items

Hand luggage:

Regardless of the direction, you can take one standard hand luggage and one personal luggage (e.g. laptop or handbag)

  • 🧳 Size: 56 x 45 x 25 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 10 kg

Personal luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 40 x 26 x 20 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 10 kg

🧐 Did you know?

Additional advice from the carrier:

  • Put valuable items into hand luggage
  • Remove all old markings from previous flights
  • Add a tag to recognize it

Last updated: August 2020

 

China Southern

Checked luggage:

The sum of the dimensions must not exceed 158 cm.

Flights from China to Oceania, America, Japan, and Russia

  • ✨ First-class: 3 pieces of 32 kg
  • 👔 Business-class: 2 pieces, 32 kg each
  • 🌟 Premium economy class, economy class: 2 pieces of 23 kg
  • Infants without space: 1 item of 10 kg, where the sum of the dimensions is less than 115 cm

Flights from China to the Middle East and West Asia

  • ✨ First-class: 3 pieces of 32 kg
  • 👔 Business-class: 2 pieces, 32 kg each
  • 🌟 Premium economy class, economy class: 1 item 32kg
  • Infants without space: 1 item of 10 kg, where the sum of the dimensions is less than 115 cm

Other international travels

  • ✨First-class: 3 pieces of 32 kg
  • 👔 Business-class: 3 pieces of 23 kg
  • 🌟 Premium economy class: 2 pieces, 23 kg each
  • 💰 Economy class: 1 pcs. 23 kg
  • Infants without space: 1 item of 10 kg, where the sum of the dimensions is less than 115 cm

Hand luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: the sum of the dimensions cannot exceed 115 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 5 kg

🧐 Did you know?

  • In the first-class, two pieces of luggage are possible.
  • Additionally, you can take personal luggage, i.e. a small backpack, laptop, umbrella, camera, or small bag.
  • In the case of excess baggage, please check the fee tables.

Update: August 2020

 

Qatar Airways

Checked luggage:

Your baggage allowance is always stated on Qatar Airways tickets. In general, you can take 2 pieces of luggage up to 23 kg each, where the sum of the dimensions cannot exceed 158 cm.

Flights from/to Brazil

  • 2 pieces of luggage
  • 🧳 Size: max. 158 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: max. 32 kg each

Flights from/to Argentina, the United States, and Canada

💰 Economy Class:

  • 🧳 Size: max. 158 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: max. 23 kg each

✨ First Class and Business:

  • 2 pieces of luggage 
  • 🧳 Size: max. 158 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: max. 32 kg each

Flights from/to Africa

💰 Economy Class:

  • 🧳 Size: max. 300 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: max. 45 kg 

✨ First Class and Business:

  • 🧳 Size: max. 300 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: max. 65 kg 

Hand luggage:

  • 🧳 Size: 50 x 37 x 25 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 1 item up to 7 kg

✨ First Class and Business: 

  • 🧳 Size: 50 x 37 x 25 cm
  • ⚖️ Weight: 2 pcs., up to 15 kg each

Extra luggage, such as a laptop or briefcase, should be within the basic cabin baggage allowance.

Update: August 2020

 

Remember to always check your luggage limits on your carrier’s website.

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