gert-jan wrote:
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> thanks for the info but how do you making it designed within
> international airline 'carry-on' luggage limits. because i lookt at the
> rules and the max is 55 cm width and thats are the planes to.
When the 55cm wing span rule was enforced, the carry-on luggage limit
was 22 inches = 56cm. Since then, the airline companies have "meterized"
the rules with a variety of methods. Hence for Finnair, the maximum
dimension is 56cm, for Lufthansa 55cm, for Air Baltic 50(!) cm.
So the solution is: build your box 56 to 57 cm long, and then convince
the clerks to accept it in the cabin. I just returned from Serbia, my
box is slightly oversize (56 instead of 55, but moreover 24 instead of
20, to fit the wings in). The only place where I had problems was at the
start at Helsinki airport, where the clerk said that it is no way
possible to take the box into cabin, and only after a long talk allowed
me to take it to the plane, so that I can ask the plane personnel if it
fits. Sure it fit with no problem at all to the overhead bins of an
airbus, and for the rest of the trip I had no problems either; the
personnel were very friendly and said that they will dind a place for
the box, in case the overhead bins are full.
The Finnish airport personnel are renown for their stiff attitudes. On
one previous model plane trip the confiscated my epoxy glues (from
outdoor model box, and broke some stuff inside while trying to close the
box). Only when I sent them the product data sheet with IATA
confirmation of no limits to transport, they admitted their error and
send me the epoxy back......
-Tapio-
Received on Tue Aug 17 2010 - 00:03:14 CEST
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