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