Airline carry on - Increase in size (UK)

UK Govt. today announced an increase in carry on bag size.

The new size limit is 56 x 45 x 25 cms.

Great news, maybe they will allow more here in the states too

do you have a link to the announcement as im flying tomorrow and im struggling to fit my kit in my smaller bag so this will really help

Sorry I didnt get it from the web, so no link.

This was faxed to us at work, from the Dept. of Transport

Edit: Just found THIS

thats great, thanks for that I wont have to leave my larger lens at home now.

Cheers

Carl

More confirmation from BAA

calicokat wrote in post #2016515
Great news, maybe they will allow more here in the states too

Most airlines are back to their original size limitations. Of course there are the restrictions that apply to what cannot be inside of those bags.

There has to be a balance between safety, comfort and available space. I hate waiting in the aisle while someone is trying to stuff a bag in the overhead that is obviously not going to fit and is obviously over sized.

This is great news for those traveling to/from the UK. I knew that sooner or later they would loosen the regs.

thank god, just in time, traveling tomorrow - last saturday was a struggle, smooshing my crumpler bag into the carryon holder at the security gate

This yo-yoing of bag size just proves to me that air travel continues to be unreliable. I mean - you fly someplace with your bag in the overhead. The return journey you end up wiyth it in the hold, being rifled by thugs.

yah, like they think if you have a smaller bag, you wont pose a threat. stupid. i'm pretty patient when it comes to air safety, etc. but these size restrictions are ridiculous

tlc wrote in post #2018343
yah, like they think if you have a smaller bag, you wont pose a threat. stupid. i'm pretty patient when it comes to air safety, etc. but these size restrictions are ridiculous

Do you know that if every last person on board a full aircraft carried on the maximum allowed that on many of the airliners there is not room for everything in the overheads. There is only so much space in one of these things.

Sometimes the size issue isn't the problem, but the weight issue is...Qantas and Air New Zealand both impose strict 7.5kg limit on single carryon, and I am sure many photographers easily exceed that.

Wilt wrote in post #2018480
Sometimes the size issue isn't the problem, but the weight issue is...Qantas and Air New Zealand both impose strict 7.5kg limit on single carryon, and I am sure many photographers easily exceed that.

Sorry - you lost me on that one... how does the weight make a difference whether it is in the overhead or the belly? For aircraft performance, weight is just weight... just curious.

Also, I fly weekly, and I haven't seen one bit of difference over the last six weeks on what they will accept on planes carried on except for the liquids and gels. Size hasn't been an issue at all - anywhere. Guess I have just been lucky.

Croasdail wrote in post #2019835
Sorry - you lost me on that one... how does the weight make a difference whether it is in the overhead or the belly? For aircraft performance, weight is just weight... just curious.

Also, I fly weekly, and I haven't seen one bit of difference over the last six weeks on what they will accept on planes carried on except for the liquids and gels. Size hasn't been an issue at all - anywhere. Guess I have just been lucky.

Ask the airlines, Air New Zealand and Qantas...it's their policy, not mine! See their web site, if you do not believe me. My wife and I flew to Australia, then New Zealand in April, when the new limitations had just gone into effect. Originating in USA, the inbound and outbound legs were subject to Int'l baggage allowances. But internal legs were subject to domestic allowances...7.5kg. If overweight or even 1cm over the size limitations (my carryone had wheels and the legs stuck out 2cm, so they made me check it!), you had to lightend by tranferring some weight into checked baggage. Go figure.

Croasdail wrote in post #2019835
Sorry - you lost me on that one... how does the weight make a difference whether it is in the overhead or the belly? For aircraft performance, weight is just weight... just curious.

Also, I fly weekly, and I haven't seen one bit of difference over the last six weeks on what they will accept on planes carried on except for the liquids and gels. Size hasn't been an issue at all - anywhere. Guess I have just been lucky.

it has to do with weight distribution, aerodynamics and all that other stuff. doesnt it?