Passenger Information
Dangerous Goods
For the safety of all our passengers, Astraeus restricts certain articles from passengers' hand baggage and hold baggage, as well as strictly prohibiting certain items for carriage onboard the aircraft.
The following items are strictly prohibited from either hand or hold baggage:
- > Flammable materials e.g. lighter/heater fuels, petrol, paint, thinners, non-safety matches and fire lighters
- > Oxidising materials such as lighter or heater fuels
- > Oxidising materials such as bleaches and peroxides
- > Poisons such as arsenic, weed killers and insecticides
- > Corrosives, alkalis and wet cell batteries i.e. filled car batteries
- > Etiologic agents (bacteria, viruses etc.)
- > Radio-active materials
- > Firearms
- > Explosives, fireworks, flares, toy gun caps, party poppers
- > Compressed gases (flammable, non-flammable and poisonous) e.g. butane, and including culinary blowtorches, butane powered travel irons, camping or compressed gas cylinders, tear gas, mace or CS gas devices, butane powered gas curlers (prohibited unless a safety cover is supplied and is firmly in place) - separate re-fills are not allowed.
- > Oxygen and chemical oxygen generators
- > Magnetised materials
- > Offensive and irritating materials
- > Apparatus containing mercury may only be carried as cargo
- > Cooking oil
What can you take in your baggage?
Hold baggage only
The following items can be stowed in hold baggage, but are strictly prohibited from hand baggage:
- > Christmas crackers (only 1 pack per passenger, unopened in its original packaging)
- > Toy or replica guns
- > Catapults
- > Razor blades
- > Knives with blades of any length
- > Scissors
- > Nail clippers
- > Hypodermic syringes (except for medical use during flight - doctor's certificate required)
- > Darts
- > Knitting needles
- > Sporting bats, billiard, snooker or pool cues
Hand baggage only
The following items can be carried in hand baggage but are strictly prohibited from hold baggage:
- > Mobile phones and radio transmitters - may not be used onboard any aircraft.
- > Laptop computers - may be carried as hand baggage as part of normal allowance, providing that the laptop - including case - does not exceed the maximum hand baggage.
- > Laptops may be used onboard the aircraft, except during take-off and landing, and must be used off-line). Please note: for safety reasons, laptops must be carried beneath the seat and not in the overhead lockers.
- > Lighters (purchased in departure lounge only) and a single box of safety matches.
Sporting Firearms
Sporting Firearms and Ammunition Sporting firearms and ammunition are accepted subject to strict terms and conditions and approval must be obtained from Astraeus prior to the date of travel. Sporting firearms and weapons that have not been given prior approval will not be accepted at the airport. For further information please contact our Astraeus Airlines.
Catering - Special Meal Requests
Astraeus Airlines will do everything possible to accommodate dietary requirements.
We are able to offer the following meal choices:
- > VLML - Vegetarian
- > VGML - Vegan
- > DBML - Diabetic
- > GFML - Gluten free
- > NFML - Nut free
- > MOML - Moslem meal
- > HFML - Hindu meal
- > VSPML - Allergy (please specify)
- > KSML - Kosher meal (whole charters must be booked in advance)
Special Assistance
Astraeus Airlines is pleased to assist in making appropriate arrangements for the provision of assistance for passengers with special needs.