Baggage
Get all the important information about taking hand luggage, checked bags and special baggage on your flights with Air Serbia.
Personal item
Besides your hand luggage, you can also bring in another additional small luggage item free of charge. It may be placed under the seat in front of you and It should not exceed the prescribed weight up to 4kg.
This luggage item may be as follows:
- a purse or laptop bag,
- a file case or briefcase,
- a small backpack,
- a sack with duty free products,
- a small camera,
- binoculars,
- a box with possessions.
You may also bring in the following items:
- a jacket or coat,
- food and drink you need for your baby during the flight,
- orthopaedic aids according to regulatory standards,
- a walking stick.
Items such as folders, tablets, mobile phones, smart phones, another sack with duty free products, newspapers, books and other reading material will not be regarded as separate items and must be packed in a handbag or additional luggage item.
Please show your folding pushchairs or wheelchairs to the airport staff at the check-in counter or boarding gate. Both types of chairs are transported in the aircraft hold without any additional charge.
Hand luggage
You can bring in a hand luggage item free of charge, whether it is a backpack, a small bag or a suitcase. You hand luggage will be marked with a blue tag, and after boarding you should place it in a luggage compartment above your seat. It is important that it does not exceed the allowed weight and size.
Excess hand luggage
If hand luggage exceeds the allowed dimensions or weight or you carry more pieces than allowed, it will be accepted only as checked baggage in accordance with our policy and pricelist.
Due to the limited space in the passenger cabin, your hand luggage may be transferred into the luggage hold. The crew will put your luggage next to the airstairs after the landing so you can take it over from there.
Before this you will need to remove any luggage hazardous substances from your hand which are not allowed in the checked baggage hold , such as:
- spare lithium-metal or lithium-ion batteries,
- matches or lighters,
- barometers or mercury thermometers,
- heat-producing objects - battery devices.
We suggest that you remove any valuables, electronic equipment, important documents, medication, etc. from the luggage to be relocated to the checked baggage hold.
Hand luggage on flights to the USA
You are allowed to bring liquids, gels, aerosols and pastes as part of your hand luggage only within containers of up to 100 ml in volume. Any container larger in volume you will not be permitted to take on the plane with you as carry-on luggage, even if it’s only partially full.
All containers must be packed in a plastic transparent bag with a grooved closure or a zip closure, the volume of which cannot exceed one litre. This bag must be closed and handed in separately during the carry-on luggage security check. You are only allowed to bring one bag onto the plane.
You can find the rules for carrying liquids in your carry-on luggage on flights to the US on the official website of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Due to special security measures taken on the flight to New York, you may not bring onto the plane powder-based substances larger in volume than 350 ml that you bought at the airports, even if you packed them in security bags.
You should have finished your purchases in duty free shops at the airport up to 60 minutes before the flight. Safety bags in which you’ve packed your duty free items must not be opened before landing at your final destination.
You will be able to carry liquids with a volume greater than 100 ml which you’ve purchased in the duty free shops at the Nikola Tesla airport in Belgrade as hand luggage as long as the articles are packed in a transparent security bag.
If you are traveling to the USA with a stopover in Belgrade as the last point of departure to the USA, you will be able to carry liquids with a volume of more than 100 ml that you bought in the duty free store at Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade as hand luggage on a direct flight from Belgrade to New York or Chicago, provided the items are packaged in clear security bags and purchased within the last 48 hours. The invoice must be available for inspection at the security checkpoint. Non-scannable items may not be carried in carry-on baggage.
Duty free items purchased at airports other than Belgrade airport may not be brought into the aircraft as hand luggage, even though they are packed in the security bags of another airport. Also, if you are continuing your journey from New York or Chicago to another destination in the USA, you will not be able to bring the duty free items you bought in Belgrade as hand luggage onto the aircraft of another airline. However, after picking up your checked baggage at New York or Chicago airport, and before checking in for your next flight, you can transfer the items to your checked baggage. Otherwise, the items will be confiscated at the carry-on check in New York or Chicago.
Special rules are applied to all flights to and from the US which you can find on the official website of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Standard bag up to 23kg
Pack all the things that cannot fit in your hand luggage and hand them over to us at the airport.
The number of standard bags you can put in the hold for free depend on the cabin in which you are traveling, your fare type, destination and your Etihad Guest membership tier.
If you do not have checked baggage included in your fare type, you can always purchase additional baggage.
XL bag up to 32 kg
XL bag up to 32 kg is included free of charge in all our Business Class fares.
If you are travelling in Economy Class, you can always purchase additional baggage.
Baggage that exceeds the weight of 32kg and/or sum of dimensions over 203cm can only be transported as cargo. Exceptionally, and subject to prior Air Serbia approval, an individual piece of baggage weighing more than 32kg and/or with the sum of dimensions greater than 203cm can be accepted as checked baggage if it is a musical instrument, sports equipment or a wheelchair or other mobility aids.
Baggage allowance at a glance
Find out how much baggage you can bring with you free of charge or as an extra. We will always make sure that you pay just for the baggage that you really need.
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Infants under 2 years old are not entitled to hand luggage, except collapsible children’s strollers оr baby carriages such as a bassinet or carrycot, as well as baby food for the flight.
Infants under 2 years old are not entitled to hand luggage, except collapsible children’s strollers оr baby carriages such as a bassinet or carrycot, as well as baby food for the flight.
Under the US DOT order 2009-9-20 (05Oct09), the following baggage regulations apply for travel to/from the USA:
- The carrier whose designator code is identified on the first flight segment of your itinerary is usually the carrier whose baggage rules will apply to the entire journey, provided also that this carrier has traffic rights to/from the U.S. and has filed general rules tariffs with DOT.
- In case of itineraries where the first flight is operated on a code-share basis, the rules of the carrier, acting as the Marketing Carrier on the first flight apply, in most cases, to the entire journey, provided the Marketing Carrier has economy rights to operate direct flights to/from the U.S. and has filed general rules tariffs with DOT.
- Air Serbia has traffic rights to/from the U.S. and has filed general rules tariffs with DOT. In cases when Air Serbia meets the above requirements, its baggage rules will usually apply to the entire journey.
- In the event of tickets for journeys that initially depart from/finally arrive to U.S. territory, all carriers must apply the same baggage policy and fees throughout a passenger's journey (including the return), regardless of stopovers.
- Excess baggage charges and other baggage charges, if any, will apply from the point of baggage check-in until the next stop-over, or the next point of baggage collection. Thus, each time baggage is re-checked by the passenger, the same charges will apply.
- Each operating carrier's carry-on baggage allowances will apply to the flight segment in an interline itinerary operated by that carrier.
- If another carrier is the carrier whose designator code is identified on the first flight segment of your itinerary, that carrier has the right to choose to apply its baggage rules or the rules of the MSC (Most Significant Carrier) or those of any other carrier on the single ticket. In this case, its baggage rules or rules of the MSC (Most Significant Carrier) will apply to Air Serbia's flight as well, if Air Serbia's flight is also part of the itinerary.
- The applicable free baggage allowance will be shown on your electronic ticket and in the e-mail confirmation.
- Dimensions, weight, and fee (if any) will be shown for the first two pieces of checked baggage, as well as for the carry-on (hand baggage).These data will also be shown on your e-ticket and in the e-mail confirmation.
Infants under 2 years old are not entitled to hand luggage, except collapsible children’s strollers оr baby carriages such as a bassinet or carrycot, as well as baby food for the flight.
Under the US DOT order 2009-9-20 (05Oct09), the following baggage regulations apply for travel to/from the USA:
- The carrier whose designator code is identified on the first flight segment of your itinerary is usually the carrier whose baggage rules will apply to the entire journey, provided also that this carrier has traffic rights to/from the U.S. and has filed general rules tariffs with DOT.
- In case of itineraries where the first flight is operated on a code-share basis, the rules of the carrier, acting as the Marketing Carrier on the first flight apply, in most cases, to the entire journey, provided the Marketing Carrier has economy rights to operate direct flights to/from the U.S. and has filed general rules tariffs with DOT.
- Air Serbia has traffic rights to/from the U.S. and has filed general rules tariffs with DOT. In cases when Air Serbia meets the above requirements, its baggage rules will usually apply to the entire journey.
- In the event of tickets for journeys that initially depart from/finally arrive to U.S. territory, all carriers must apply the same baggage policy and fees throughout a passenger's journey (including the return), regardless of stopovers.
- Excess baggage charges and other baggage charges, if any, will apply from the point of baggage check-in until the next stop-over, or the next point of baggage collection. Thus, each time baggage is re-checked by the passenger, the same charges will apply.
- Each operating carrier's carry-on baggage allowances will apply to the flight segment in an interline itinerary operated by that carrier.
- If another carrier is the carrier whose designator code is identified on the first flight segment of your itinerary, that carrier has the right to choose to apply its baggage rules or the rules of the MSC (Most Significant Carrier) or those of any other carrier on the single ticket. In this case, its baggage rules or rules of the MSC (Most Significant Carrier) will apply to Air Serbia's flight as well, if Air Serbia's flight is also part of the itinerary.
- The applicable free baggage allowance will be shown on your electronic ticket and in the e-mail confirmation.
- Dimensions, weight, and fee (if any) will be shown for the first two pieces of checked baggage, as well as for the carry-on (hand baggage).These data will also be shown on your e-ticket and in the e-mail confirmation.
Infants under 2 years old are not entitled to hand luggage, except collapsible children’s strollers оr baby carriages such as a bassinet or carrycot, as well as baby food for the flight.
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Restricted items in baggage
We want you to be completely safe on our flight and for this reason it is important that you adhere to the regulations regarding safe entry of liquid substances, hazardous goods and other objects in your baggage.
Irregularities with baggage
Travelling with partner airlines
If your travel includes combined transport on Air Serbia flights and flights of one or more other airlines or you are travelling on Air Serbia codeshare flight operated by another company, it is possible that the regulations of the other airline will apply.