The Bureau of Civil Aviation (BCAS) has recently revised the guidelines on hand baggage allowance.
Now, the passengers can carry only one piece of hand baggage in the aircraft. The one baggage rule is applicable for both international and domestic flights.
Some exemptions
The BCAS-mandated hand baggage guidelines are not applicable to the passengers who have booked their flight tickets before May 4, 2024.
These passengers are exempt from the revised guidelines and can carry 8 kg in economy class, 10 kg in premium economy class, and 12 kg in first or business class.
In the last few months, the number of airline passengers has increased immensely. Indian flights carried nearly 1.42 crore passengers on domestic routes in November 2024. This is approximately 12 per cent more than the same period the previous year, due to increasing air traffic demand, as Mint reported on December 25.
According to the latest data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), “Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-November 2024 were 1,464.02 lakh as against 1,382.34 lakh during the corresponding period of the previous year, thereby registering an annual growth of 5.91 per cent and monthly growth of 11.90 per cent.”