Tuesday, May 20, 2014

GoAir cuts free hand baggage to 7kg from June 1

New Delhi: After reduced free check-in baggage weight, domestic flyers will now be able to carry less as cabin or hand baggage inside the aircraft. Low cost carrier GoAir which currently allows 10 kg as hand baggage will reduce this to seven kg from June 1. Incidentally the Wadia Group company was among the few Indian airlines to offer 10 kg free hand baggage as other desi carriers like IndiGo and Jet allow only seven kg.
Air India (domestic) does not have weight restriction on hand baggage but, like all airlines, it limits the size of bag allowed on board aircraft. "The sum of the hand bag's length, breadth and height should not be more than 115 cm. The idea is to limit this weight to seven to eight kg but there is no formal weight limitation for cabin baggage," said an AI official, adding that in addition most airlines allow a "reasonable size" ladies hand bag, laptop bag and other small items like reading material and infant food.
20/04/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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