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| 16.09.2008 | United Airlines has said it will increase its fee for a second piece of luggage... Read more
| 31.08.2008 | Philippine Airlines has said it will minimise its free bagage allowance for pax on trans-Pacific routes to save on fuel costs... Read more
| 28.08.2008 | British Airways increase Excess baggage charges from Australia... Read more
| 23.08.2008 | Air NZ has revamped its NZ domestic baggage policy, with travellers from 15 Sep able to take a first bag... Read more
| 22.08.2008 | Northwest Airlines has today introduced a US$15 fee for the first checked bag on all domestic flights... Read more
| 21.07.2008 | Virgin Blue will apply new "pay for weight" baggage fees across its network, for fares booked from 18 Aug and travel from 01 Sep... Read more
| 16.07.2008 | Hawaiian carrier go! has announced that from 10 Aug it will introduce a US$10 first checked bag fee on all inter-island flights... Read more
| 15.07.2008 | Virgin Blue will announce another round of cuts and cost saving measures this week in a bid to offset rising fuel costs... Read more
| 07.07.2008 | Cathay Pacific is reducing its economy class free baggage allowance for flights... Read more
| 27.06.2008 | In what might be a cruise industry first, Discovery Cruise Line has implemented a surcharge for checked baggage... Read more
| 26.06.2008 | A UK company has just unveiled the latest travel innovation - power assisted luggage... Read more
| 15.06.2008 | United Airlines yesterday announced a $15 fee for the first checked bag on flights within the US and to/from Canada, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands... Read more
| 02.06.2008 | End of an Era for Paper Airline Tickets. THE paper airline ticket comes to the end of its life on Sunday 1ST June 2008 when 240 carriers belonging to the world association IATA switch to all electronic ticketing... Read more
| 13.03.2008 | Melbourne Launch for Air Vanuatu. Air Vanuatu has finally set a date for the launch of direct flights from Melbourne.... Read more
| 03.01.2008 | Lithium battery ban on US flights. Passengers travelling within the US will no longer be able to carry spare lithium batteries in checked luggage... Read more
| 03.01.2008 | UK carry-on bag restriction lifted. Effective from Mon 07 Jan pax travelling through some airports in the UK will be able to take more than one piece of carry-on luggage... Read more | 30.11.2007 | The free checked baggage allowance is ONE item of baggage up to a maximum of 15kg per person.... Read more | 21.11.2007 | Air Canada have introduced a new baggage policy. All Air Canada guests are permitted 2 checked pieces of luggage... Read more | 30.10.2007 | BRITSH Airways has announced that from 06 Nov it will no longer carry surfboard on its flights. Other items also banned from that date by BA include... Read more | 30.09.2007 | THE Australian airline industry loses up to 200,000 passenger bags a year - some of which end up being donated to charities when their owners cannot be found. Read more | 30.09.2007 | Weighty matters Now, no matter what airline you fly or your luggage allowance, if you're travelling to or from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates or Britain, you cannot check in any item of luggage weighing more than 32kg. Source: Sydney Sunday Telegraph 30/09/2007 | 20.08.2007 | virgin blue/pacificNEW excess baggage charges - International Excess Baggage Charges per kilo: To Australia New Zealand Fiji Vanuatu Rarotonga Samoa Tonga Australia (AUD) - $7 $7 $10 $10 $15 $15 Source: Pacific Blue 20/08/2007
Air NZ has also revamped its NZ domestic baggage policy, with travellers from 15 Sep able to take a first bag weighing up to 25kg, compared to the current 20kg free allowance.
Second bags weighing up to 25kg will incur a $15 charge - in contrast to the current policy which sees a $5/kg charge apply.
