Baggage Allowance for Ethiopian Airlines

• Carry-on baggage (Hand carry bag)

This Kind of baggage is featured with limited weight and dimension and is to be carried in with the passenger in the cabin in the overhead compartment.

• Checked luggage 

It is the type of baggage that you will hand at the checked baggage counter to calculate its weight and dimension, then it will be stored in the cargo compartment after adding the label with all passenger information.

• Infant baggage 

Infant baggage has its own policy. It differs from one airline to another, yet there are exceptions related to infant baggage weight. 

• Special Baggage

Airlines set policies for the baggage with different sizes and shapes, differ in weight, and where to be stored either in the cabin or cargo compartment.

Carry-on baggage 

Passengers are allowed to carry extra items free of charge like:

• A lady handbag, pocket book or purse
• Laptop
• An overcoat, wrap or blanket
• A small camera 
• Reading material for the flight
• Infant’s food for consumption in flight
• Infant’s carrying basket
• Duty free items
• Collapsible wheelchair, a pair of crutches, braces, and other prosthetic device for the passenger use that passenger is dependent upon them.

Restrictions in the Carry-on baggage 

Passengers are not allowed to carry such items of the below list in the carry-on baggage, instead passengers can put these items in the checked baggage 

• Knives, scissors and any other sharp objects 
• Weapons such as whips, nan-chakus
• Toys guns/gun shaped items or look-alikes
• Sporting equipment such as baseball/cricket bats, golf clubs
• Devices with spill able batteries
• Aerosols (hair sprays, perfumes, medicines containing alcohol) 
• Baby strollers
• Spare Lithium Batteries
• Power banks (only 2 pieces allowed as long as watt-hour rating is not exceeding 160Wh)

Checked baggage 

Piece system 

Weight system

Notes:

*On international Flights, weight concept varied from 40 - 46 kg according to your destination. 

Restricted items in the checked baggage 

• Spare Lithium Batteries
• Power banks
• Trionic briefcases 
• Mace canisters – similar to cigarette lighters and sprays.
• Gases (flammable, and non-flammable)
• Corrosive materials
• Etiologic agents
• Explosive, munitions fireworks and flares
• Flammable liquids and solids such as lighter or heating fuels
• Oxidizing materials such as bleaching powder
• Poisons and infectious substances such as insecticides
• Radioactive materials

Excess Baggage 

Ethiopian airlines has its policy for carrying extra baggage besides the free allowance baggage.

Check the latest fees on excess baggage from the official website.  

Passenger can purchase excess baggage allowance from the nearest office of Ethipoian airlines or on website, plus purchase excess baggage at the airport is allowed only for only the flat rate per KG. 

Special baggage 

Sporting Equipments 

• Scuba, Angling or Diving Equipment
• Horse Riding equipment
• Inline-skates
• Bowling Equipent
• Hockey equipment
• Tennis-/ Squash-/ Badminton-Equipment
• Snow skiing Equipment
• Golfing Equipment
• Bicycle-Bike
• Kite surfboard
• Archery equipment
• Parachuting/Paragliding equipment
• Sporting/Hunting Weapns plus Amunations
• Javelins
• Fishing equipment

Check other equipments on the official website 

Rules for Sports equipment

• Weight of the equipment should be less than or equal to 32 kgs
• Dimension of the sporting equipment is less than or equal to 158cms or 62 inches
• Passenger should inform the station before the domestic flights.

 
*All of the above information is updated according to Ethiopian airlines Baggage allowances.

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