Your new flying bible: Major airline’s baggage limits

Trailer outside on airport filled with suitcases. When I arrived in Amsterdam on the airport Schiphol I took this image of packed suitcases on a standing trailer. Passengers on vacation take a lot of travel equipment or holiday gear with them. The trailer is parked outside, waiting to be transported to the plane or airplane.

Getting to an airport and realising you have too much baggage is about as fun as running out of petrol in the middle of a dessert.

But it’s not always easy staying ahead of the game, considering airlines often have different limits for different planes, from different cities, for different classes.

It really is enough to make your head spin.

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Thankfully, the Independent UK has done the hard work and put together a list of what can be taken on who, or who can be taken on what.

To be honest we’re still quite confused by the whole thing.

As per the  Independent, travellers who pay more for their flights may get higher limits depending on their loyalty and frequent flyer programs.

Check out the limits here:

Delhi

Air India: 46kg

Jet Airways: 46kg

Virgin Atlantic: 46kg

Etihad: 30kg

Qatar Airways: 30kg

British Airways: 23kg

Emirates: 20kg

Turkish Airlines: 20kg

Dubai

British Airways 23kg

Royal Brunei 23kg

Virgin Atlantic 23kg

Emirates 20kg

Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific: 30kg

Qatar Airways: 30kg

Aeroflot: 23kg

British Airways: 23kg

Etihad: 23kg

Virgin Atlantic: 23kg

Emirates: 20kg

Turkish Airlines: 20kg

Nairobi

British Airways: 46kg

Ethiopian Airlines: 46kg

Kenya Airways: 46kg

Qatar Airways: 30kg

Etihad: 23kg

Emirates: 20kg

Turkish Airlines: 20kg

New York

Air India: 46kg

American Airlines: 23kg

British Airways: 23kg

KLM: 23kg

United: 23kg

Virgin Atlantic: 23kg

Delta: 23kg (zero for travel from 10 April)

Norwegian: zero

Rio

British Airways: 46kg

LATAM: 46kg

Air France: 23kg

TAP Portugal: 23kg

Sydney

China Southern: 46kg

Malaysia Airlines: 30kg

Qantas: 30kg

Qatar Airways: 30kg

Singapore Airlines: 30kg

British Airways: 23kg

Etihad: 23kg

Emirates: 20kg

Vancouver

Air Canada: 23kg

Air France: 23kg

British Airways: 23kg

Lufthansa: 23kg

WestJet: zero

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