Restricted items
For safety reasons, you may not carry certain items on your person, in your carry-on or checked bags, or in both. And some items may only be carried in carry-on baggage.
Airport security is authorized to confiscate any restricted items, and both carry-on and checked baggage are thoroughly inspected at the airport.
Items that are not permitted
Explosive substances or devices including ammunition, blasting caps, detonators, fuses, mines, grenades or other explosives, fireworks or other pyrotechnics, smoke-generating canisters/cartridges, dynamite, gunpowder or plastic explosives
Compressed, solid or oxidizing gases
Magnetic, radioactive, poisonous or corrosive materials
Devices designed to stun or immobilize, e.g. stun guns, tazers
Disabling sprays, e.g. pepper spray, animal repellant
Items that may only be carried in your carry-on
Portable power banks
Electronic cigarettes including e-cigarettes, e-cigars and vapes. Please note that you may not use these on board.
Spare batteries of any type
Lithium batteries (removed from devices). For more information about transporting lithium batteries, refer to IATA guidelines
Items that must be packed in checked baggage
Guns, firearms or other devices that discharge including toy guns, flares, slingshots or other projectiles
Objects or tools with a sharp edge
Blunt instruments including batons, bats and sports equipment
Powder-like substances
Powder in containers over 350 ml is not allowed in carry-on baggage on flights to the US, except for:
Prescription medicine
Powdered baby food (in original packaging)
Cremated ashes
We recommend packing powder-like substances in checked baggage. Check Federal Aviation Administration guidelines for more information about restricted items on US-bound flights.
UK rules on restricted travel items
The following items may not be carried into security areas or in carry-on or checked baggage when traveling to or from the UK: