Baggage/Luggage Allowance Guide

Note: Remember all bookings contain basic baggage allowance for each passenger (excluding infants). This consists of 1 item of hold luggage and 1 item of hand luggage per person.

Airline Name	Hold Baggage Allowance*	Hand Baggage Allowance*
Low Cost Airlines
Aer Lingus	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
BMIBaby	22 kgs pp	5 kgs pp	(Booked From 05/01/2011 onwards)
Easyjet	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
FlyBe	20 kgs pp	10 kgs pp
Jet 2	22 kgs pp	10 kgs pp
Monarch Scheduled	20 kgs pp	10 kgs pp
Thomson Flights	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Scheduled Airlines
Air Malta	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
British Airways	23 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
British Midland	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Bulgaria Air	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Continental Airlines	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Cyprus Airways	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Eurocyprair	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Virgin Atlantic	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Charter Airlines
Avro	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Balkan	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Cosmos	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
First Choice	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Odyssey	15 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Panorama	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Teleticket	15 kgs pp	5 kgs pp
Thomas Cook	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp	(Booked From 01/06/2009 onwards)
Thomson	20 kgs pp	5 kgs pp	(Booked From 20/06/2011 onwards)
Wings Abroad	15 kgs pp	5 kgs pp

*excluding infants

The above values are per-person, luggage cannot be combined between passengers. Checked in hold luggage is limited to 1 item per person unless otherwise stated.

Scheduled Vs Chartered Airlines

One of the questions that a lot of people ask is what is the difference between these two types of flights.

The airline companies such as British Airways, British Midland, KLM operate flights that run day in day out and travel all around the world. There is a time table these flights usually conform to and it's generally repeated through out the year. Airlines as well as travel agents generally sell seats on scheduled flights to the public.

Chartered on the other hand is when a specific flight is booked by a travel firm such as Thomson, First Choice e.t.c. for their exclusive use to be used either as part of a package or just for them to sell as they like. Hence the flight is said to be chartered i.e. hired for the purpose of the travel firm.

So there is no real difference from a consumers point of view, except that if you have a problem with your flight, if it's chartered you would contact the travel company, and if it's scheduled you would contact the airline direct. All companies in the UK who charter flights need an ATOL licence which provides a bond for consumer protection.