Flight safety rules: Your safety comes first

Permitted as or in your checked baggage
Permitted as or in your hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Item restriction: max. 5 l total net quantity per passenger*
Quantity restriction: max. 5 l per container* 

* Only applies to alcoholic beverages with over 24% alcohol by volume to max. 70% alcohol by volume.

Transport regulations:

• Alcoholic beverages must be in their original retail packaging.
• Alcoholic beverages with more than 70% alcohol by volume are forbidden for transport.

Note:

• Alcoholic beverages with less than 24% alcohol by volume are not classified as dangerous goods.
• The consumption of alcoholic beverages brought on board by passengers themselves is forbidden.

Permitted as or in checked baggage
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin
Transport approval required

Item restriction: max. 1 avalanche rescue backpack per passenger

Note:

• An airline transport approval is required for avalanche rescue backpacks.
• When booking your flight, please register avalanche rescue backpacks via the contact form.

The technical structure of the trigger mechanism of avalanche rescue backpacks may contain dangerous goods that are subject to official restrictions for transport..

Restrictions of dangerous goods in the trigger mechanism: 

• Pyrotechnic trigger mechanism: max. 200 mg net of explosive material of the Hazard Division 1.4S.
• Lithium battery powered trigger: max. 100 Wh or 2 g LC
• Trigger with capacitor: capacitors must be uncharged, protected against short circuits and packaged in sturdy outer packaging to prevent unintentional activation.
• Trigger using integrated gas cartridges: the gas must comply with Hazard Division 2.2.

Other transport provisions: 

• The backpack must be packed in such a way that it cannot be activated accidentally.
• The airbag in the backpack must be equipped with pressure relief valves.
• Gas cartridges of Hazard Division 2.2 will only be accepted if they are transported as a unit together with the avalanche rescue backpack, as required by the manufacturer.
• Additional activation handles and replacement gas cartridges are not allowed.

Transport approval required
e.g. defibrillators, CPAP devices and portable oxygen concentrators (POCs)

• Power restriction lithium batteries: max. 160 Wh or 8 g LC per device
• Power restriction non-spillable wet batteries: max. 100 Wh and 12 V per device

Transport approval required

For reasons of safety and loadability in the aircraft there are restrictions with regard to:

• battery power,
• total weight and
• the dimensions of the wheelchair or mobility aid.

Forbidden for transport

Camping stoves are forbidden for transport. 

• Spare cartridges for camping stoves are also forbidden for transport.

Prohibited for transport

This includes the following items:

• hover boards
• e-bikes
• pedelecs/s-pedelecs
• e-scooters
• electric monowheel bikes
• electric luggage scooters (such as Modobags or Airwheels)
• underwater scooters
• Segways
• electric strollers or electric golf trolleys

This ban applies regardless of the power capacity and whether the batteries are permanently attached or removable, and also applies to battery-powered personal and sports transport devices without an integrated battery.Die oben genannten Beispiele spiegeln nur eine Reihe möglicher Geräte wider.

These items may only be transported as freight in accordance with the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations..

Not permitted as or in checked baggage
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Item restriction: only in amounts for your personal use*
Power restriction lithium batteries: max. 100 Wh or 2 g LC per device

Transport restrictions in hand baggage:

• Use or recharging on board is forbidden.
• The devices must remain stowed throughout the entire flight.
• Accidental activation must not be possible.

*An item restriction of a maximum of 15 portable electronic devices per passenger applies.

Permitted as or in checked baggage
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin

• Baggage with an electronic bag tag (EBT) with routing display, e.g. BAGTAG or Rimowa Smart bags, etc., used instead of a printed thermal bag tag, is allowed in your checked baggage and hand baggage.

Portable electronic devices with lithium batteries for your personal use, e.g. laptops, smartphones, tablets, electric toiletries, toys and others

Permitted as or in checked baggage (not recommended)
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Power restriction: max. 100 Wh or 2 g LC per device
Item restriction: max. 15 devices with batteries per passenger

Portable electronic devices for personal use are:

• laptops, mobile phones, tablets
• electric toiletries (toothbrushes, razors, etc.)
• electric toys
• drones, watches, calculators, or
• other entertainment or communication devices

Wherever possible, these should be transported in hand baggage.

Transport regulations in checked baggage: 

• a maximum of 3 devices larger than a smartphone
• Do not pack your devices together with highly flammable materials (e.g. perfumes, aerosols, etc.).
• Completely switch off the devices and protect them from unintentional activation.
• Ensure that apps, alarms, or preset configurations are deactivated.
• Protect your devices using suitable packaging or a sturdy bag with sufficient padding.
• If you are transporting several devices, stow your devices separated from each other (e.g. by clothing or using the original packaging).

Power banks count as replacement batteries not electronic devices. You will find information about taking power banks with you in the section: “Power banks, replacement batteries and loose batteries”.

Portable electronic devices for personal use with batteries that contain no lithium, e.g. electric toiletries or toys

Permitted as or in checked baggage (not recommended)
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Portable electronic devices for personal use with batteries which contain NO LITHIUM (e.g. alkali-manganese, zinc-carbon, nickel-cadmium, or nickel metal hydride) are:

• electric toiletries (toothbrushes, razors, etc.)
• electric toys
• drones, watches, calculators, or
• other entertainment or communication devices

Wherever possible, these should be transported in hand baggage.

Transport regulations in checked baggage: 

• Completely switch off the devices and protect them from unintentional activation.
• Ensure that apps, alarms, or preset configurations are deactivated.
• Protect your devices using suitable packaging or a sturdy bag with sufficient padding.
• If you are transporting several devices, stow your devices separated from each other (e.g. by clothing or using the original packaging).

Additional transport regulations for non-spillable wet batteries: 

• Power restriction: max. 12 V / 100 Wh per battery
• Non-spillable wet batteries (e.g. gel batteries) must not contain free or non-absorbed liquid.

Power banks are regarded as replacement batteries and not electronic devices. Information about taking power banks with you can be found in the section “Power banks, replacement batteries and loose batteries”.

Permitted as or in your checked baggage
Not permitted as or in your hand baggage in the passenger cabin Transport approval required (only for firearms and ammunition)

Ammunition quantity restriction: max. 5 kg gross weight per individual bag and passenger

Transport regulations for ammunition:

• Only ammunition in Hazard Class 1.4S with UN 0012 or UN 0014 is permitted.
• Explosive or incendiary projectiles and black powder are forbidden for transport.
• The ammunition must be securely protected against movement and impact (with no empty spaces) in a sturdy container made of wood, metal or cardboard.
• You may only transport ammunition for your personal use.
• The permitted quantity for more than one person must not be packed together in one or more bags.

Transport regulations for firearms:

• Only sports, hunting and service weapons are permitted for transport.
• Weapons of war are forbidden for transport.
• Each weapon must be secured, unloaded and appropriately packed in a designated, locked, sturdy and rigid transport container, for example made of wood, metal, hard-shell material or Styrofoam. The passenger must provide this container themselves.
• Several weapons are permitted per transport container.
• Additional airport taxes may apply depending on local security measures.
• If the firearm contains a lithium battery, the regulations for the carriage of loose batteries or portable electronic devices with installed batteries apply. You will find information about this in the sections "Power banks, replacement batteries and loose batteries" and "Portable electronic devices with lithium batteries for personal use".

Miscellaneous provisions:

• Any object in the shape of a weapon, such as toys or “dummy weapons”, as well as other weapons such as archery bows, arrow guns, starting pistols, soft guns and other small defensive weapons such as knives, daggers, stilettos or swords, may only be transported in checked baggage.
• Lighters in the shape of a weapon and any electro-impulse weapons (e.g. stun guns or tasers) and weapons with explosive or flammable projectiles are completely forbidden.

Note:

• Firearms and ammunition must be packed in separate bags.
• We recommend that all bags or transport containers with firearms and ammunition are secured with an integrated or separate lock.
• It is not possible to take weapons to/from certain destinations due to strict security regulations. The SWISS Service Centre will be happy to provide information.
• Transport approval from the airline is required for firearms and ammunition.
• Please register firearms and ammunition using the contact form when booking your flight

Forbidden for transport

Fireworks, flares and explosives are forbidden for transport. 

This includes the following items:

• Sparklers
• Smoke-generating canisters and cartridges
• Explosives and incendiary materials as well as explosive and incendiary devices, fireworks, distress flares, party poppers, Christmas crackers and other pyrotechnic items
• Initiators, blasting caps, detonators and fuses
• Dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives
• Mines, grenades and other military explosives
• Breachpens/thermal lance/magnesium cutting tool: magnesium cutting tool ignited by a match or lighter for melting various metals using a high-temperature flam

Not permitted as or in your checked baggage*
Permitted as or in your hand baggage in the passenger cabin

* Only spare fuel cartridges are permitted in checked baggage.

Fuel cell systems and spare fuel cartridges for powering portable electronic devices, such as cameras, mobile phones, laptops and camcorders must be packed securely to prevent damage. 

Quantity restriction for spare cartridges: max. 2 items per passenger

Volume restrictions for fuel cells or fuel cell cartridges:

• Liquids: max. 200 ml
• Solids: max. 200 g
• Liquefied gases: max. 120 ml for non-metallic fuel cells or fuel cell cartridges or max. 200 ml for metallic fuel cells or fuel cell cartridges
• Hydrogen in metal hydride: max. 120 ml water capacity

Transport regulations for fuel cell cartridges:

• Each fuel cell cartridge must be marked stating that it complies with the specifications of IEC PAS 62282-6-100 Version 1, including Amendment 1, and state the maximum quantity and type of fuel.

Transport regulations for fuel cell systems:

• Fuel cell systems must be labelled by the manufacturer as “Approved for carriage in aircraft cabin only”.
• The fuel cell systems must not charge the electronic device when the device is not in use.
• Fuel cell systems may only contain flammable liquids, corrosive substances, liquefied gases, water-reactive substances or hydrogen in metal hydride. Fuel cell systems whose sole function is to charge a battery in the device are forbidden.
• Recharging/refilling fuel cells on board is forbidden; only the insertion of spare cartridges may be carried out on board.

Permitted as or in your checked baggage
Permitted as or in your hand baggage in the passenger cabin
Transport approval required

Only non-toxic and non-flammable gas in Hazard Class 2.2 with no subsidiary hazard is permitted.

Quantity restriction: max. 4 gas cartridges per passenger
Capacity restriction: max. 50 ml water capacity per gas cartridge (in the case of carbon dioxide this size is equivalent to a 28 g gas cartridge).

Transport regulation:

• The gas cartridges or cylinders must be packed in such a way that they cannot be activated accidentally.

Permitted as or in checked baggage
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Power restriction (per device): max. 2,7 Wh oder 0,3g LC per Lithium Batterie

Transport restriction up to max. 2.7 Wh / 0.3 g LC:

• Approved transmission functions: low-energy transmission functions such as Wi-Fi, UWB, Bluetooth or RFID
• The tracker may be switched on during transport but must be stowed in an item of baggage to prevent damage.

Transport restriction > 2.7 Wh / 0.3 g LC up to max. 100 Wh / 2 g LC

• The GPS tracker must be turned off during transport and packed in such a way as to prevent damage or inadvertent activation.

Note:

• When using in pet carriers, the tracker must be secured in such a way that it is protected from damage and so that it does not impact the wellbeing of the animal.

Permitted as or in your checked baggage
Permitted as or in your hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Quantity restriction: 1 device per passenger

Transport regulations: 

• The use of hairstyling devices powered by hydrocarbon gas cartridges is forbidden on board.
• The safety cover must be securely attached over the heating element

Note: 

• Gas refill packs for hairstyling devices that use hydrocarbon gas cartridges are forbidden for transport.
• You will find more detailed information about the transport of hairstyling devices with lithium batteries in the section​“Diving lamps, soldering irons and other heat-generating items with built-in batteries”.

On one’s person

Pacemakers or other medical devices containing radioisotopes, including those powered by lithium batteries, which are implanted or attached externally to the person are permitted for transport.

Forbidden for transport

Items used for self-defence are forbidden in hand baggage and checked baggage.

Examples of items used for self-defence:

• Stunning equipment and devices for shocking, such as stun guns, tasers and stun batons, or equipment for stunning and killing livestock
• Disabling and incapacitating chemicals or substances, such as “knock-out drops”, mace, pepper sprays, capsicum sprays, tear gas, acid sprays and animal repellent sprays

Not permitted as or in your checked baggage
Not permitted as or in your hand baggage in the passenger cabin on one’s person

Item restriction: 1 small box of safety matches or 1 small lighter*

*For personal use only and filled with liquefied gas; must not contain any other unabsorbed liquid fuel

The following items are forbidden: 

• Lighter fuel or lighter fluid
• Lighter refill packs
• “Strike-anywhere matches”
• “Blue Flame” lighters or cigar lighters
• Zippo lighters
• Lighters in the shape of a weapon
• Lighters powered by a lithium battery without a safety cap or other security mechanisms that prevent accidental activation

Permitted as or in your checked baggage
Permitted as or in your hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Quantity restriction:

• max. 2 kg / 2 l (total net quantity of all items) per passenger
• max. 0.5 kg / 0.5 l (net quantity) per item

Toiletries are medical, cosmetic or non-radioactive items such as:

• Hair spray
• Perfume and eau de cologne
• Medical items containing alcohol such as nasal sprays containing alcohol
• Hand sanitisers containing alcohol

Spray cans/aerosols for sport and personal use at home:

• Only non-toxic and non-flammable spray cans/aerosols for sport or personal use at home in Hazard Class 2.2 with no subsidiary hazard are permitted.

Transport regulations for spray cans/aerosols:

• The release valves on aerosols must be protected by a cap or other suitable means to prevent the accidental release of the contents.

Note:

• Also observe the general safety regulations for commercial liquids, gels or sprays in hand baggage.

Forbidden for transport

The following further items are forbidden both in your hand baggage and checked baggage:

• Containers with flammable liquids, such as paints, varnishes, thinners, cleaning agents, solvents or petrol
• Containers with non-flammable paints
• Slightly flammable materials and articles, such as barbecue lighters, fuel paste, butane or propane gas bottles, dry spirit, fuel or charcoal
• Hazardous, toxic or infectious materials and substances, such as mercury, rat poison, insecticide, arsenic, cyanide or bacterial and viral cultures or infectious laboratory samples
• Caustic and corrosive substances, such as acids, alkalis, bases or wet batteries, rust protection or rust removal substances, sulphur dioxide solutions or chemical sets
• Radioactive materials and objects
• Substances that emit flammable gases on contact with water, such as carbide
• Carbon dioxide cartridges (CO2) for mineral water treatment above 50 ml
• Combustion engines and petrol-powered equipment and tools (e.g. lawn mowers, chainsaws and emergency generators). This applies irrespective of whether the equipment or tools are new (in their original packaging) or used
• Flammable, non-flammable, deep-frozen and toxic propellants
• Fragile items such as televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators or computer screens
• Breachpens/thermal lance/magnesium cutting tool: magnesium cutting tool ignited by a match or lighter for melting various metals using a high-temperature flam
• Signal horn

Permitted as or in checked baggage (not recommended)
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Transport approval required over 100 Wh

Item restriction: max. 15 devices (this includes all electronic devices) with lithium batteries per passenger

Permitted as or in checked baggage
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Power restriction: max. 2.7 Wh / 0.3 g LC

Note:

• Smart baggage with permanently installed lithium batteries above 2.7 Wh or 0.3 g LC is prohibited for transport

Not permitted as or in checked baggage
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin
Transport approval required over 100 Wh

Power restriction: max. 100 Wh / 2 g LC

Transport regulations:

• The battery must be removed from the baggage.
• The removed battery must be transported in the cabin. Further information can be found in the section “Power banks, replacement batteries and loose batteries”.
• Without the battery, the suitcase may be transported as checked baggage.

Note:

• For equipment with lithium batteries permanently installed in smart baggage, such as an electronic lock or electronic scales, you will find the power restrictions in the section: “Smart baggage – permanently installed lithium batteries”.
• You will find information about baggage trackers or electronic bag tags (EBTs) in the section: “Baggage trackers” and “Electronic bag tags (EBTs)”.
• For battery power of more than 100 Wh up to max. 160 Wh, an airline transport approval is required.
• When booking your flight, please register power banks and batteries requiring approval via the contact form.

Permitted as or in your checked baggage
Not permitted as or in your hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Item restriction: 1 item per passenger

Transport regulations for medical or clinical thermometers:

• Small medical or clinical thermometers containing mercury for your personal use must be packed in a protective case

Meteorological thermometers and barometers with mercury are forbidden for transport.

Not permitted as or in checked baggage
Permitted as or in hand baggage in the passenger cabin

Item restriction (including lithium batteries*): 20 items per passenger*

*The item restriction includes all battery types; this means non-spillable wet batteries, dry batteries, gel batteries and lithium batteries.

Examples of non-spillable wet batteries: gel batteries or AGM batteries
Examples of dry batteries: nickel metal hydride batteries, nickel-cadmium, alkali-manganese or zinc-carbon batteries

Transport regulations for non-spillable wet and dry batteries:

• Non-spillable wet batteries (e.g. gel batteries) must not contain free or non-absorbed liquid.
• It must be ensured that the batteries are protected from heat and cannot generate heat themselves.
• For all batteries, the terminals must be individually isolated to avoid short circuits. This is possible if the batteries are transported in the original packaging, exposed terminals are masked with adhesive tape, or each battery is packed in a separate plastic bag or protective bag.

Power and item restriction of non-spillable wet batteries:

• a maximum of 12 V / 100 Wh per battery
• a maximum of 2 replacement batteries