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Flying from London with (hopefully) just cabin baggage - can't find a definitive answer as to whether nail scissors or a penknife (regular Swiss army knife) would be allowed. Can anyone advise? Thank you!
The answer is No, No and more No'sFlying from London with (hopefully) just cabin baggage - can't find a definitive answer as to whether nail scissors or a penknife (regular Swiss army knife) would be allowed. Can anyone advise? Thank you!
From what I understand,the blades must not be longer than 5cm.Flying from London with (hopefully) just cabin baggage - can't find a definitive answer as to whether nail scissors or a penknife (regular Swiss army knife) would be allowed. Can anyone advise? Thank you!
You didn't quote Ryanair's general terms & conditions in full:According to the Ryanair website... “Pointed/edged Weapons & Sharp Objects” are banned from cabin baggage or in airport security restricted areas in the airport. That would suggest the knife is barred but nail scissors? Hmm....
And they do measure them!You didn't quote Ryanair's general terms & conditions in full:
8.4.9 Pointed/edged Weapons & Sharp Objects must be carried in checked baggage; [...] knives with blades of more than 6 cms including lockable or flick knives [...] scissors with blades more than 6 cms as measured from the fulcrum [...]
Swiss Army knifes and scissors that fulfil these conditions - i.e. less than 6 cm blade - have been allowed by law on flights within the EU and the EEA for years. Be prepared for security staff to visually check them or even measure them, so think about where to put them in your backpack so that you can get at them quickly without having to unpack everything.
Neither EasyJet or Ryanair run airport security, so it doesn't make a y difference which airline is chosen.Can you change to an Easyjet flight instead? They say they allow
- knives with blades of more than 6 cm
- scissors with blades of more than 6 cm as measured from the fulcrum,
But if you don't want to lose that diamond studded Gucci inspired SAK best follow Tincatinker's advice instead.
Jimminy Cricket called and said he wanted his knife back.I don't fly so I don't know (I did once, from Melbourne to Sydney in 1966 but not since).
But how about this pocket knife??
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You didn't quote Ryanair's general terms & conditions in full
Neither EasyJet or Ryanair run airport security, so it doesn't make a y difference which airline is chosen.
You buy wine that comes in a bottle with a cork? There's posh!My experience supports Katharina's: no problems for years now on Ryanair carrying on a small swiss army knife - the 'officier', the smallest one with a corkscrew, although who needs that now, now that Youtube shows you how to remove the cork without a corkscrew...?
PS I don't think we've had a thread yet on the new Ryanair baggage allowances (winking emoji thing).
But you never would have gotten that knife through airport security. It still had nothing to do with the airline.Not actually true, at least in the UK. Airlines have their own policies which may go beyond the baseline of the law.
When I was flying Easyjet to Biarritz from Gatwick last year with this knife,
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which incidentally is illegal to carry in the UK unless you have a good reason, due to it's blade length (9cm) and locking mechanism. I first approached airport police (with some trepidation as I was about to tell an armed officer in airport that I had a knife) and they instructed me to negotiate with Easyjet. The Easyjet people were unusually pleasant but made it clear this couldn't be cabin baggage, which I was pretty sure would be the case, so ended up paying a reduced rate to put my bag in the hold. This was still more than the knife was actually worth but really wanted to have it and couldn't be bothered finding another on arrival.
As to the OP's question, I'd say simplest thing to do would be message the airline and ask, best to be upfront with these things.
I "lost" mine like this tiny one when I came in to New York at Christmas a couple of years ago. Figured it made its way to a young kid's Christmas stocking. Don't assume anything when entering the US....And I have flown with this many times.
https://www.swissarmy.com/us/en/Products/Swiss-Army-Knives/SwissCards/SwissCard/p/0.7100.T