Anybody know if you can or can't take Co2 cartridges on a plane. Flying with easyjet to Fuerteventura at the end of the month. By the way great place to ride,tons of technical offroad and nice quiet roads and of course sun. No mud for two weeks 😆
no, but i have forgotten about them being in my bike bag and been fine.
Anybody ?
no you cant take them, they scanned my bike bag last year and made me take them out,
Thanx easygirl, thought i would put them in my suitcase in the hold, we shall see?
you can take 2 if the guy checking your stuff is fully aware of the rules.
You won't get them through I'm afraid.
"I am going on a scuba-diving holiday. How do I transport equipment such as airtanks and CO2 cartridges for buoyancy aid?
Air tanks for diving cannot be carried. [b]Small non-toxic gas cylinders, for example those used for artificial limbs or in lifejackets, may be carried in the cabin or in hold baggage;[/b] however, you must check with your airline as they must approve the carriage of such items."
http://www.heathrowairport.com/heathrow-airport-guide/heathrow-security/faqs
Flying easyjet from Gatwick to Nice (do it twice a year for 4/5 years) I have taken up to 4 in my bikebox and never been stopped.
Coming back from Nice, they (French security) always make me open my box after over-size x-ray and I have been told on more than one occasion that 2 is the limit and they have taken any more than 2 away.
But, if you want to be sure, give them a call.
Just thought id add - good reminder - i got asked to source and hand carry 40 of these to ukraine for work - will be getting told to poke it !
The rules say no but I forgot to take a couple of mine out on a USA internal flight last summer and it never got picked up in the x-ray machine. Nor did they explode in the sky!
Got mine confiscated at Lanzarote Airport, they were in my hand baggage.
It was not the airline decision airport security removed them, chap in front of me was told to remove them from his bike box after he'd checked it in and it had been x-rayed.
They come under the dangerous goods - the ammount of paperwork i have to fill in to ship them to ukraine is craaaazy
How the **** do they get here the first place - i dont believe they are made here !