What can’t I carry on board an Air India Express flight?

Modified on Tue, 28 Mar, 2023 at 10:05 AM

For safety and security reasons, you’re prohibited from carrying the following items in your cabin baggage:

o Dry cell batteries

o Knives

o Scissors

o Sharp instruments

o Tools

o Compressed gases: deeply refrigerated, flammable, non-flammable and poisonous such as butane oxygen, liquid nitrogen, aqualung cylinders and compressed gas cylinders

o Corrosives such as acids, alkalis, mercury and wet cell batteries and apparatus containing mercury

o Explosives, munitions, fireworks and flares, ammunition including blank cartridges handguns, fireworks, pistol caps, and their toy replicas

o Flammable liquids and solids such as lighter refills, lighter fuel, matches, paints, thinners, fire-lighters, lighters that need inverting before ignition, radioactive material, briefcases and attaché cases with installed alarm devices.

o Oxidizing materials such as bleaching powder and peroxides.

o Poisons and infectious substances such as insecticides, weed-killers and live virus materials.

o Anything that possesses and/or is capable of possessing and/or emitting a conspicuous and/or offensive odor.

o Other dangerous articles such as magnetized materials, offensive or irritating.

o You are permitted to carry small quantities of liquid items/gels/pastes/medicines/toiletries in clear, transparent, re-sealable, litre-sized plastic bags. Do note that all these items will be subject to all security checks and screening.

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