Items You Shouldnt Travel With To And From The Dubai Airport
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It can be very frustrating when you see airport security throw your things. But one can avoid inconvenience by understanding all the rules and regulations of your package correctly. Airports have certain guidelines which explain to what one can and cannot pack in checked in luggage as well as your cabin baggage when you travel.
Shape of your bag
All bags brought into UAE airports must have at least one flat surface. . If your bag doesn’t have at least one flat surface or is irregularly shaped and oversized, it will be immediately rejected at check-in. Your bag also shouldn’t have a long strap.
Checked in luggage
According to Dubai Airports, one can carry a maximum two pieces of baggage for international travel, with the total weight not exceeding 32 kg. Nevertheless, this definitely varies by airline and fare type. Its better to check with your airline before you fly. Baggage should be 90 cm long, 75 cm high and 60 cm wide, and also should have a single flat surface, if not then need to be checked in at the oversized baggage counter as it won’t be accepted on the standard size luggage scanning belt.
Hand luggage
Usually all airlines accept two pieces of hand luggage. A shoulder bag such as a purse, laptop bag and backpack, as well as a small cabin bag. Cabin baggage should have a maximum length of 56 cm, width of 45 cm and depth of 25 cm including all handles, side pockets and wheels.
Liquids
In a carry on:
These days the restriction on liquids is global, although enforcement of the rules may vary from country to country.
In UAE airports, all liquids should be packed inside a clear, re-sealable plastic bag, within your hand baggage. The liquid can’t be more than 100 ml and the total of all your items can’t exceed one litre.
Exceptions: Medication, baby milk and foods and special dietary requirements to be used during the trip.
In a checked in bag:
Liquids can be packed in any quantities into checked in bags. Airport security doesn’t force any limits on liquids on checked bags. If you keep pack liquids into your checked baggage, the only concern is making sure the bottles and containers don’t open up and leak into your suitcase. Its better to unscrew the tops of your bottles and cover with saran wrap before screwing the top back on. This helps prevent spillages. According to Abu Dhabi Customs, each traveller is permitted to bring a maximum of 4 litres of alcohol or one carton of hops when travelling into the UAE.
Money
The UAE closely examine money laundering and suspicious financial activities, because of that its duty of the passengers traveling are to declare whether they have large sums of cash on them.
According to rule in the UAE cash, currencies and travellers cheques cannot altogether exceed Dh100,000 as long as the passenger’s age is over 18 years old.
Food
According to UAE government allows to import a certain limit of food for non-commercial purposes. These include no more than:
• 20 kg of yoghurt
• 50 litres of oil (including olive oil)
• 10 kg of various types of vegetables and fruits
• 100 kg dates
10 kg sweets and bread
• 30 kg of grains, cereals and red meat
• 10 kg of fish and seafood
• 500 gm of caviar
• 11 kg of eggs
• 20 kg for honey and sugar products
• 5 kg for herbs and spices including vinegar, orange blossom water and rose water
• 500 gm of saffron
• 10 kg of special-purpose food such as children's food is allowed
• 20 litres of drinks and syrups including water
• 5 kg of juice concentrates
• 25 kg of canned food.
Medicines
The UAE government advises tourists to be extra cautious about bringing in certain types of medicines into the UAE. Some medicines from other countries could contain substances that are banned in the UAE, which could lead to the arrest of those carrying them.
Medicine that you are carrying are banned in UAE then you should carry the doctor's prescription, and ensure that the quantity of tablets which justify normal use during your scheduled duration of stay. It would be advisable to get a certificate from your embassy.
Customs authorities in the UAE regularly update the list of medicines banned in the UAE.
Top 20 medicines that are banned in the UAE
Alpha-methylifentanyl
Betamethodol
Cannabis
Codoxime
Concentration of poppy straw
Fentanyl
Methadone
Morphine
Opium
Oxycodone
Phenoperidine
Trimeperidine
Ketamine
Codeine
Cathinone
Amphetamine
Pentobarbital
Bromazepam
Risperidone
Tramadol
Items banned in any luggage
1. All kinds of narcotic drugs, including hashish, cocaine, heroin, poppy seeds and hallucination pills.
2. Goods intended to be imported from boycotted countries.
3. Goods from Israeli origin or bearing Israeli trademarks or logos.
4. Crude ivory and rhinoceros horn.
5. Gambling tools and machineries.
6. Three layers fishing nets.
7. Original engravings, prints, lithographs, sculpture and statues in any material.
8. Used, reconditioned and inlaid tyres.
9. Radiation polluted substances.
10. Printed publications, oil paintings, photographs, pictures, cards, books, magazines, stone sculptures and mannequins which contradict Islamic teachings, decencies, or deliberately implying immorality or turmoil.
11. Any other goods, the importation of which is prohibited under the authority of UAE customs laws or any other laws in the country.
12. Forged and duplicate currency.
13. Cooked and home-made foods.
Things allowed when you travel?
1. Passenger’s personal belongings are permitted entry and shall be exempted from customs fees.
2. Still and moving image video cameras with their appropriate tapes, films and accessories.
3. Cash money, currencies and travellers cheques altogether less than Dh100,000 and the passenger’s age shall not be less than 18 years old.
4. Radio systems, combined broadcasting apparatus, CD and DVD players with agreeable quantities.
5. Agreeable quantities of projectors for displaying slides and films including accessories.
6. Telescopes
7. Mobile telephone
8. Portable TV sets
9. Computers including laptops
10. Baby strollers
11. Portable music equipment
12. Sports equipment
13. Portable typing sets
14. Portable calculators
15. Disabled wheelchairs and cars
Loose batteries
According to Emirates Airlines, batteries that are spare or loose, including lithium metal or lithium ion cells or batteries, for portable electronic devices must be carried in carry-on baggage only.
Power bank
Power banks, are considered as spare batteries. These batteries must be individually protected to avoid short-circuit. Each passenger is limited to a maximum of 20 spare batteries.
Batteries, exceeding 100 watt hours or 2 grams lithium content
Lithium batteries, spare or loose with a watt-hour rating exceeding 100 watt hours but not exceeding 160 watt hours for consumer electronic devices, Portable Medical Electronic Devices (PMED) or with a lithium content exceeding two grams but not exceeding eight grams for PMED only require special permission from the airline. A maximum of two spare batteries are allowed in carry-on baggage only. These batteries must be individually protected to prevent short circuit.
E-cigarettes
E-cigarettes, including e-cigars, e-pipes, Electric Portable Incense (perfume) burner or other personal vaporizers that contain batteries must be individually protected to prevent accidental activation. They cannot be placed in your checked in luggage. Can only be travelled with on a carry on.
Personal motorised vehicles
For safety reasons, airports in the UAE will not accept personal motorised vehicles such as hover boards, Segways and smart or self-balancing wheels on flights. UAE Airports, for example, prohibits the carriage of all such devices – with or without batteries - as checked–in or carry–on baggage. This regulation still applies even if you’re connecting in the UAE from an airline that has accepted them.
Gas cartridges, small, non-flammable
Gas cartridges that are small and non-flammable and containing carbon dioxide or other gases require special permissions from each airlines and not more than one device per customer.
Smart bags: Do or Don’t?
Whether you’re flying with Emirates or any other airline, bear in mind that if you are flying to the United States, smart luggage has been banned since January 2018.
A number of other airlines have banned smart bags from the hold unless the lithium battery can be removed. Smart bags use lithium batteries to run GPS tracking systems, phone chargers and electronic locks, which have been linked to causing fires on planes. Passengers can carry the bag into the cabin if it’s small and the battery can be switched off.
23 Sep, 2020
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