Effective tomorrow, 1st October, if you travelling by air, take note that there is a new regulation on hand carry bag by Malaysia Airlines (MAS) but I do believe other airlines will also make adjustment on their hand carry bag policy sooner or later…

OK, what is the new policy said…

First, let’s look at the measurement…
For wide body aircraft like B777, B747 and A330, the dimension is:
56cm/22inch (L) x 36cm/14inch (H) x 23cm/9inch (W)
And for narrow body aircraft like B737, the dimension is:
56cm/22inch (L) x 30cm/12inch (H) x 18cm/7inch (W).

Second, you are allowed to carry only 1 piece of hand baggage. Unless you are first class or business class passenger, then you can carry 2 pieces.

In addition to your allowed carry-on baggage, the following can be carried into the aircraft cabin:
– a handbag, pocket book or purse;
– an overcoat, wrap or blanket;
– a small camera or a pair of binoculars;
– a reasonable amount of reading material for the flight;
– an infant carry cot;
– walking stick/canes or crutches and/or braces/prosthetic devices, which the passenger is dependent on;
– electronic equipment such as cell phones, portable music players, laptops;
– Syringes or needles for personal medical use with needle guard in place. These have to be accompanied by the medication in its original labelled container.

Examples of items not permitted beyond the screening checkpoints:
– All knives, cutting and puncturing instruments including box cutters, ice picks, straight razors, metal scissors, metal nail files and corkscrews;
– Weapons including handguns, rifles, ammunition, gun powder, pepper spray, bear spray, mace, tear gas, replica or toy weapons;
– Aerosol spray cans including hair spray, deodorant, insect repellent, or butane fuel;
– Balloons filled with helium gas;
– Flammable liquids or solids including fuel, paint, paint thinner, lighter fluid;
– Sporting equipment such as: golf clubs, lacrosse sticks, hockey sticks, ski poles, squash/tennis racquets, ice skates, baseball / softball bats, pool cues;
– Any other hazardous item as defined and regulated by law including explosives, fireworks, radioactive materials, poisons, infectious substances;
– Umbrella is not allowed to carry on board as its looks like a weapon in some cases.

That is all you need to follow starting tomorrow when boarding MAS aircraft… there are other items like liquids which are not permitted especially on international flight… well it is not a total ban to carry liquid into the aircraft… for instance you still can carry a small amount of face moisturizer… but don’t expect them to allow you to carry half litre or more of that… definitely not excessive… If you have a large amount of liquid, you can buy a permitted liquid container at the airport… so all you have to do is transfer as much of the liquid into the ‘legal’ container… the rest of it you can donate it to the airlines staffs…. they love free stuff… 😆