Baggage

Baggage Allowances

Each passenger is permitted

• one standard piece of hand baggage to maximum dimensions of 55x40x20cm, and
• Up to 8 pieces of checked-in hold baggage to a maximum combined weight of 20kg. A fee per kilo for excess weight is charged at the airport prior to departure

Liquids in hand baggage are subject to the following government-imposed restrictions:

• The liquid is in a container with a maximum volume of 100ml
• All liquid containers meeting the maximum volume of 100ml can be fitted comfortably into a transparent, re-sealable 1 litre plastic bag, measuring 20cmx20cm.
• The plastic bag should be presented separately at security

You will be required to dispose of liquids which do not meet the above requirements at the airport security station.

Each passenger is allowed a maximum combined hold baggage weight of 50kg including any sports equipment, subject to available space. The maximum weight for any single piece of baggage is 32kg. Freight or cargo items cannot be accepted as passenger baggage.

Infants who share your seat do not have a baggage allowance.

Special Items and Baggage Charges

Sporting equipment

Each passenger is allowed a maximum combined hold baggage weight of 50kg including any sports equipment, subject to available space. The maximum weight for any single piece of baggage is 32kg.

Bicycles (¹), golf equipment, and skis, surfboards, wind surfers, hang gliders, and firearms (²)

An additional non-refundable fee is charged per item per flight for the carriage of the above items as set out in our carrier’s regulations.

Payment of the additional fee increases your checked-in hold baggage allowance (including additional item) to a maximum weight of 32kg.

Where your total checked-in hold baggage weighs more than 32kgs, normal excess baggage charges as set out in our carrier’s regulations shall apply in addition to the above fee.

Please note that sporting equipment fees will not be refunded if you change your mind and decide not to carry sporting equipment on your flight.

(¹) Carriage of bicycles:

• The bicycle must be packaged in a bicycle box or bag
• Only one bicycle per bicycle box or bag will be permitted
• No other items can be carried in the bicycle box (e.g. clothing)
• The handlebars must be flush with the frame
• The pedals must be flush against the frame or removed

Passengers travelling with bicycles are strongly recommended to check-in 2 hours prior to departure in order to guarantee carriage.

(²) The carriage of firearms is strictly limited. Passengers must produce valid documentation of proof of ownership and legal authority for the possession of the firearm(s). Without such documentation firearms WILL NOT be carried.' (please see "Firearms and explosives" in our carrier’s regulations [link to relevant section of carrier’s regulations].)

Musical instruments

Musical instruments will only be permitted to be carried in the cabin (as the one standard piece of hand baggage allowance) and placed into the overhead locker if space is available and strictly subject to the Captain's discretion. The instrument including its carry case must not exceed the dimensions 30 x 117 x 38cms. Instruments which fit into this category include violin, viola, piccolo, flute, clarinet, bugle and trumpet.

Any instrument which exceeds the dimensions 30 x 117 x 38cms must be checked in as hold baggage, subject to the relevant fees. The maximum weight for any single piece of baggage is 32 kgs.

Prohibited and Restricted Items

The following dangerous articles are not permitted in baggage whether cabin or hold baggage:

• Gas cylinders. Deeply refrigerated flammable, non-flammable, and poisonous gases such as butane, oxygen, propane, and aqualung cylinders. Includes butane gas (eg for use with heated hair appliances) camping gas, and chef's blow torches.
• Flammable liquids and solids such as lighter or heater fuels, paint, and matches (except one box of matches or one cigarette lighter as provided below).
• Poisons, such as insecticides, weed killers, arsenic, and cyanide.
• Radioactive material, oxidising materials, and organic peroxides such as bleaches and fibreglass repair kits.
• Firearms and explosives. Handguns, automatic weapons, munitions, ammunitions including blank cartridges, pistol caps, fireworks, flares, smoke canisters, and crackers. Note: As an exception, sporting/competition firearms and a maximum of 5kgs of ammunition may be carried in hold luggage with appropriate paperwork, subject to available space, if declared at check-in and securely boxed or packaged. Please note ammunition must be packed as part of passenger hold baggage and separated from firearms.
• Infectious substances such as bacteria and viruses.
• Corrosives such as mercury, acids, alkalis, and wet-cell batteries.

Please note that passengers are not allowed to carry "strike anywhere" matches or disposable lighters under any circumstances. This applies to both hold and cabin baggage.

You must not include in checked baggage fragile or perishable items, money, jewellery, precious metals, silverware, computers, electronic devices, negotiable papers, securities or other valuables, business documents, passports and other identification documents or samples.

We do not carry wheelchairs with spillable (unsealed) batteries, stretchers, full-size prams, or engines.

In addition to the list of dangerous items prohibited for carriage in baggage, the UK Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions (DTLR) has prohibited the following articles from being carried onboard as cabin baggage:

Toy or replica guns (plastic or metal), catapults, household cutlery, knives with blades of any length, paper knives, razor blades, tradesmen’s tools, darts, scissors, tweezers, hypodermic syringes (unless a genuine medical need can be proven), knitting needles, sporting bats, billiard, snooker or pool cues.

If you are in any doubt about what items you can take or where you should pack them, call us in advance of travel or ask upon arrival at the check-in desk.

Lost Baggage

We make every effort to ensure that the safe delivery of your baggage coincides with your arrival at the destination airport! In the rare event that your baggage is damaged, lost or delayed during an easyJet flight however, you must advise a member of easyJet ground handling staff at the airport of arrival immediately.

You are strongly advised to take out your own insurance to cover the value of your baggage and its contents, particularly if you are carrying important or valuable items. Claims are dealt with up to the airline's limit of liability based on the weight of the items concerned; visit our Carrier’s Regulations for more information.

It is our policy that if your baggage is delayed for more than 24 hours on your outbound trip, you can spend up to GBP 25 per day per person on essential items, for a maximum of three days. To claim this allowance you must write to our claims handling agents within 21 days of the relevant flight at the address provided to you by the easyJet handling agent at the airport where the delay was reported. All claims must be supported by documentary evidence of purchases made (e.g. receipts).