Baggage Allowance

Baggage Allowance

Free Baggage Allowance

The free baggage allowances on scheduled international flights are as follows:

  • Business Class 40 kg (68 pounds)
  • Economy Class 30 kg (44 pounds)

Infants

Infants paying only 10% of the applicable air fare are not entitled to any free baggage allowance.

Please observe that the weight of your unchecked baggage/cabin baggage is part of you free baggage allowance.

The following Articles may be carried free of charge over and above the Free Baggage Allowance

  • A ladies handbag, pocket book or purse, which is appropriate to normal traveling dress and which is not being used as a container to carry articles which would otherwise be regarded as baggage.
  • An overcoat wrap or blanket
  • An umbrella or walking stick
  • A small camera and/or a pair of binoculars
  • A reasonable amount of reading matter for the flight
  • Infants food for consumption in flighth and infants carrying basket
  • An invalids fully collapsible wheelchair and/or crutches or other prosthetic devie for the passengers use provided the passenger is dependant on them

All other articles - such as flight bags, briefcases, typewriters, ladies vanity cases, large size cameras, etc - will be weighed and, if applicable, excess baggage charges will be levied.

Unchecked Baggage/cabin Baggage Special Regulations

  • Regulations issued by the Drukair Corporation stipulate that your cabin baggage must be placed under the seat in front of your own. Therefore the overall dimensions are limited to 45 + 35 + 20 cm (17 + 13 + 8 inches). The weight must not exceed 5 kg (11 pounds)
  • These regulations shall ensure that the cabin baggage will not impede evacuation of aircraft cabin in case of emergency.
  • Please consider this when packing your baggage and kindly ensure that any item exceeding the above limitations is sent as checked baggage.
  • Spot checks will be performed during embarkation to ensure that these regulations are being followed

Television Carriage Charges

  • Drukair levies a fee of THB 2000 / USD 60 / equivalent amount in local currency for carriage of television, which exceeds 50 inches in total dimensions. This shall be beyond the normal permissible baggage allowance.