Skiing and Snow Boarding in by air: Cheat sheet for Passengers Traveling in the Mountains
Are planning to fly to holidayin the Alps? Be careful with ski equipment, which takes with you. Not so long
ago the conditions baggage of all airlines has changed become much harder than
before. Now the freight favorite sports equipment can make a small fortune
(especially when connecting flight).
Look into the prepared table,
to find out the details of whom, how and for what takes of airlines serving
flights to Europe. Ticket prices continue to rise, and now there is a new
stimulus: opaque and increasingly complex pricing structure. I hope that the
table will help, buy a ticket, determine the choice of airline.
Summary table of airlines -
the rules and the cost of baggage, freight charge ski and snowboard.
These values were true October 23, 2013 - If you notice any updates,
errors or omissions, please let me know in the comments. Many regular carriers
eyeing low-cost airlines, their methods of preparation of income, looking for
sources of additional revenue. Therefore, we will follow along behind our costs
and ways of obtaining money.
Airline Seats bagazhavekonom class Permissible
weight of luggage online payment for one
piece of baggage Payment at the
airport in one place Cost of the ski
or snowboard with boots
Aeroflot 1 23
kg 0 0 0
AKBARS AERO 20 kg 0 0 0
Kuban Airlines 20 kg 0 0 0
AIR BERLIN 0-1 0-23
kg 0-15 euros 70 euros 75
euros
AIR EUROPA 1 23
kg 0 0 0 *
AIR BALTIC 0-1 0-20 0-20 euros 0-40
euros 30-40 euros - 1 flight
AIR FRANCE 1 23
kg 0 0 Included in the total luggage
AIGLE AZUR 1 20
kg 0 0 0
AIR ONE 0-1 0-20 kg 70-80 euro 1 flight 100-120 euros 30-40 evro1 flight
ALITALIA 1 23
kg 0 0 Included in the total luggage
BELAVIA 1 20 kg 0 0 Included in the total luggage
BLUEXPRESS 1 20
kg 0 0 5 euro per 1 kg, 1 flight
BRUSSELS AIRLINES 1 23
kg 0 0 0
VIM AVIA 20 kg 0 0 0
GAZPROMAVIA 20 kg 0 0 Be required from the operator
EASYJET 1 20 kg € 30 - 1 flight 50 euros - 1 flight 35-40
euros - 1 flight
IFLY 20 kg 0 0 0
IBERIA 0-1 0-23 kg 0-15 euros 0-30 euros 0-45
euros
GEORGIAN AIRWAYS 0 0 0
LIVINGSTON AIR 1 15-20
kg 0 0 10 euros
per kg in excess of the
LUFTHANSA 1 23
kg 0 0 0
LOT 1 23 kg 0 0 50 euros - 1 flight
MERIDIANA 1 23
kg 0 0 50 euros - 1 flight
NORD AVIATION 20 kg 0 0 0
NORTH STAR 20 kg 0
RUSSIA 20-30 kg 0 0 0
RYANAIR 1-2 15- 40 kg 15-60 pounds - 1 flight 60-160 lbs - 1 flight 50-60 pounds per flight
SAS 1 23 kg 0 0 Included in the total luggage
SWISS 1 23 kg 0 0 0
SIBERIA S7GLOBUS 1 20
kg 0 0 0
Transaero 1 20-25
kg 0 0 0
TURKISH AIRLINES 20 kg 0 0 0
FINNAIR 1 23 kg 0 0 Included in the total luggage
FLY NIKI 0-1 0-23
kg 0-15 euros 70 euros 75
euros
WIZZAIR Up to 6 32 kg 15-35 euros 60
euros 40-60 euros per flight
WIND JET - - - - -
VUELING AIRLINES 23 kg 25 euros 35
euros 45 euros one way
Ukraine International 1 23
kg 0 0 0
URAL AIRLINES 1 20 0 0 0
UTAIR 1 20 kg 0 0 0
Yakutia 20 kg 0 0 Payment
depends on the flight
JAMAL 10-20 kg 0 0 Payment
for excess baggage
Additions and details
Aeroflot
Takes cover with skis or a
snowboard + packed in general luggage shoes as one piece of baggage. In Russian
speaking, cover with skis for free, and shoes with the rest of the luggage
together must not weigh more than 23 kg.
AkbarsAero
Adult passenger is entitled to
carry 20 kg of luggage at no extra charge, and children aged 2 to 12 years old
15 kg luggage. Just for one passenger is permitted free carriage of ski
equipment (a pair of downhill skis with ski poles or snowboard) and additional
equipment (boots, helmets, goggles, special clothing) in a case total weight
less than 20 kg in weight Incorporated free baggage allowance.
Kuban Airlines
Per person is permitted free
carriage of ski equipment (a pair of downhill skis with ski poles or snowboard)
in a case and additional equipment (boots, helmets, goggles, special clothing)
with a total weight not exceeding 20 kg in addition to the free baggage
allowance.
AirBaltic
At the rate of Basic - Baggage
fees at the time of booking your flight is 20 euros one way for each item of
baggage checked baggage. If you pay for baggage during online registration for
the flight - 30 euros one way for each item of baggage checked baggage. At the
airport, checked baggage fee is EUR 40 for one bag to one side. Ticket EconomySmart
and EconomyElite- 1 piece of checked baggage weighing up to 20kg free of
charge. Sports equipment: passengers Economy and Basic Class paid 30 euros each
way if purchased services on the site, EUR 40 each way - at the airport. The
maximum permitted weight - 32 kg.
AigleAzur
Airline includes sports
equipment in the baggage allowance. Excess weight is paid in addition. Ie if
all luggage together with equipment more than 20 kg, it must be paid.
AirEuropa
Receives no payment skiing
equipment only if the total weight of baggage does not exceed 23 kg.
Preponderance paid as excess baggage.
AirBerlin
Uses a complex system of
charging luggage depending on the type of ticket and the direction of flight.
JUST Fly ticket type does not allow any free baggage allowance, for a fee of 15
euros - one place is only possible online, at the airport - 70 euros. Sports
equipment to carry out this type of tickets may not, even for a fee. Other
types of tickets allow one free piece of baggage, the following 70 to 150 euros
for a place to one side. Transportation of sports equipment - 75 euros one way.
AirOne
Offers several different types
of tickets, the cheapest class GO does not imply any free baggage allowance,
following it - SMART, includes 1 seat 20 kg. Excess baggage paid online 70-80
euros in the port - 100-120 euros per piece of luggage. Ski equipment on site -
30 euros in the port - 40 euros. Weight must not exceed 10 kg. In addition,
each kilogram - 10 euros.
Alitalia
Sports equipment is included
in the total baggage weight which should not exceed 23 pounds. If the weight
exceeds the norm, the extra pounds are registered with the additional charges.
AirFrance
Skis or snowboards can be
transported in checked baggage only with the permission of the sales department
by phone. Skis or snowboards are transported as one piece of baggage in
accordance with the standard baggage (Economy - 1st place). Excess baggage must
be paid in addition to fixed rates.
Belavia
One set of sports equipment is
transported at no extra charge if the total weight of it and the other baggage
does not exceed the free baggage allowance per class of service.
BrusselsAirlines
Ski equipment, snowboards,
boots, helmets and t.d.perevozyat free, without restrictions, and even packaged
in various cases and bags.
BlueExpress
Sports equipment - 5 euros per
kg, the preponderance of normal baggage - 10 euros per kg.
Vim Avia
The value of free baggage of
20 kg of baggage, including 5 kg hand luggage. One passenger is entitled to a
free baggage pair of downhill skis with ski poles or snowboard in a case and
additional equipment (boots, helmets, goggles, special clothing) with a total
weight not exceeding 15 kg in addition to the free baggage allowance.
IFly
Free baggage allowance -
weighing less than 20 kg, including hand luggage + sports skiing equipment not
exceeding 15 kg - free
Iberia
The airline offers several
options for tickets. Most economical rates Basic, Economy express - do not
include a single seat free baggage allowance. All luggage is paid in addition.
Normal Economy includes 1 seat, the maximum size of a standard piece of baggage
free - 158cm (height + width + length). Set of equipment airline travel free if
she performs flight. On flights of other companies operating conditions
carriers. For example, Vueling (subsidiary of Iberia) is transporting a set of
45 euros one way.
EasyJet
When you pay the freight
sports equipment baggage of your luggage is increased by 12 kg. You have to go
with sports equipment (as specified when booking), but the exact distribution
of the weight of your luggage does not matter. For Example:
One passenger pays
transportation of luggage space and, in addition, transportation of sports
equipment. This allows him to smuggle 2 luggage space (which must include 1st
place sports equipment) with a total weight of 32 kg. In this case, if the
sports equipment weighs 18 kg and a suitcase - 14 kg, it will also meet the
standards!
G eorgian A irways
For the winter season
2013-2014, only on flights A9 930/929 Tbilisi-Moscow / Moscow-Tbilisi, the
following rules of carriage of ski equipment:
Baggage set of ski equipment
(snowboard or a pair of downhill skis with ski poles, boots, helmets, goggles,
special clothing) in a case total weight less than 20 kg per passenger is
permitted free of charge, in addition to the free baggage allowance.
Lot
The airline recently changed
the rules of carriage of sports equipment. Now, for it will be charged -50
euros per flight within Europe.
LivingstonAir
If a charter flight, baggage
limit - 15 kg if regular - 20 kg each additional kilogram - 10 euros. Sports
equipment is paid just 10 euros per 1 kg.
Lufthansa
The airline carries Case 1 ski
equipment for free, plus 1 free baggage. The maximum weight of the cover of
sports equipment - 32 kg. As a result, free economy class can hold 55 kg of
luggage.
Meridiana
The airline that flies from
Moscow to Bologna, takes sports luggage for 50 euros extra charge to one side.
Nordavia
Airline winter cancels charges
for transportation of ski equipment. This season, the free baggage period is
from 01.10.2013g. on 29.03.2014g.
Nord Star
The free baggage allowance,
including things of the passenger (hand luggage), is set at 20 kg for economy
class passengers service, 30kg for business class passengers. The free baggage
allowance is specified in the passenger's ticket.
In addition to the free
baggage allowance on all flights per passenger is permitted free carriage of
one set of ski / ski equipment in a special bag. Package ski / ski equipment
includes a pair of mountain or cross-country skiing with sticks or one
snowboard and one pair of special shoes.
Russia
The airline carries ski
equipment for free during 27.10.2013g. on 29.03.2014g., in agreement with the
purchase of the ticket.
Ryanair
Ryanair to book only one place
(15 or 20 kg) when booking flights online - but you can buy a second through
the "Manage My Booking" on the website or at the airport. Prices vary
in high and low season. Ski equipment (up to 20 kg) costs £ 50 one-way on the
site, or £ 60 one way at the airport.
SAS
Normal airline baggage takes
the standard rules - 1 piece of luggage not exceeding 23 kg. Ski offers to buy
the plastic cover, for 5 euros. Set of skis or a snowboard bag should not weigh
more than 12 kg. Shoes can be packaged separately. Maximum weight of skis and
boots together must not exceed 23 kg. If you only have ski equipment in the
luggage, and the total weight of the equipment does not exceed 23 kg, it can be
transported free of charge. If you have extra baggage, for it will have to pay
extra.
Swiss
Swiss takes on board a set of
ski equipment for free, even if the shoes are packed in a separate bag. Ie
transporting equipment you can take with three pieces of luggage.
Siberia, S 7, Globus
One passenger may bring in
free ski equipment (a pair of alpine skiing with ski poles or snowboard) and
additional equipment (boots, helmets, goggles, special clothing) in a case
total weight not exceeding 20 kg in addition to the baggage. Case weighing more
than 32 kg or more dimensions of 203 cm in sum of three dimensions is paid as
oversized luggage.
Transaero
Airlines have the most
economical - tourist class, allows to carry 20 kg of luggage, economy class -
25 kg.
Free takes on board equipment
in a case weighing less than 10 kg, in addition to the baggage allowance, but
not limited dimensions.
Turkish Airlines
The airline carries one pair
of skis or a snowboard for free.
Finnair
Ski equipment is considered as
one piece of baggage. If your ticket has a label "1 PC", you can
bring in a free set of ski equipment, or one piece of baggage. If you want to
bring in the one and the other, you need to pay a fee for excess baggage. Ski
boots or snowboard boots can be packed in a separate bag, but their weight will
still be included in the total weight of your ski equipment, which must not
exceed 23 kg.
Fly Niki
Conditions similar to those of
the airline Air Berlin. Applies a complex system charging baggage depending on
the type of ticket and the direction of flight. JUST Fly ticket type does not
allow any free baggage allowance, for a fee of 15 euros - one place online, at
the airport - 70 euros. Sports equipment to carry out this type of tickets may
not, even for a fee. Other types of tickets allow one free piece of baggage
weighing up to 23 kg, the next 70 to 150 euros for a place to one side. Sports
equipment is paid separately - 75 EUR per flight.
Wizz Air
After the ruined Hungarian
national carrier MALEV, low-cost airline Wizz Air has picked up his banner and
operates flights from Moscow to Budapest and Budapest next to the desired
aviastantsii. As with all low-cost airlines baggage charge, rules are specified
in the table, but require mandatory testing.
Wind Jet
The company has lost a license
to carry in 2012: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_Jet and is in the process
of bankruptcy, but operates charter flights from Russia. It is not known for
sure, but not surprising, if only from Russia. Before you find out about the
sports equipment in the luggage, it is better to find out whether the flight
will take place.
Vueling Airlines
The budget does not include
the Spanish airline luggage free in the ticket price (except rates Optima and
Excellence). Sports equipment is paid in any case - 45 euros one way.
Ural Airlines
The passage of one set of ski
equipment, in the covers and additional equipment (boots, helmet, goggles,
special clothing and footwear) on international flights is free of charge, if
the total weight of luggage per passenger, based on the weight of one set of
equipment does not exceed 40 kg.
Utair
Skis, snowboards and related
equipment (sticks, boots, helmets, goggles, special clothing) weighing up to 20
kg are transported free of charge in excess of the free baggage allowance in
all directions (forward and reverse). Skis are transported without dimensions.
Ukraine International
On 10.10.2013, at all UIA
flights, regardless of class of service, each passenger (except for children
under 2 years old) in addition in excess of the free baggage checked baggage is
allowed to carry one free ski or snowboard package weighing up to 23 kg.
Yakutia
The airline operates charter
flights to Europe, does not accept free sports equipment for transport.
Believes his oversized luggage. The cost of each kilogram necessary to specify
the operator when purchasing a charter ticket.
Yamal
Transportation of sports
equipment and equipment (skis, boards, etc.) are paid on the basis of its
actual weight on published fares, regardless of other things passenger carried
as luggage.
