Regulatory Restrictions on Liquids, Aerosols and Gels in Cabin (Carry On) Baggage Carried by International Departure and Transit Passengers

• For reference, you may download the colour LAGs Security Leaflet prepared by the Hong Kong International Airport.
• You are also advised to view this short film for more details.
  
  
• All requirements and restrictions stated herein apply to Dragonair operated flights only. For flights operated by other airlines, please refer to individual policies issued by respective companies.

= Allowed

= Not Allowed

Pre-requisite:

All items of Liquids, Aerosols, Gels (LAG) must be stored in 100 ml containers* which fit comfortably within a re-sealable transparent plastic bag of a maximum capacity not exceeding 1 litre Exemptions applicable to medications, baby milk/food and special dietary requirements subject to verification. All duty free items of LAG must be accompanied with proof of purchase, and packed in a sealed tamper evident bag

* Except India and Pakistan, where no LAG items of any amount allowed (Medication and Baby Foods are accepted).

Last updated: 16 May 2008

Country/Region	ARRIVAL: Passengers without further connecting flight(s)	TRANSIT: Passengers with onward connecting flights with items purchased:
		In-flight and in transit via	In overseas countries and in transit via
Australia	(see note 1)
Bahrain
Canada	(see note 2)
China		(Alcohol is not allowed on domestic flights)
Europe/UK			(Except purchased within EU airports)
Hong Kong			Provided that items have been purchased from the HKCAD* accepted countries (see Flow Chart)
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
New Zealand		(Except on domestic connecting flights)
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Africa
Taiwan
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
United States	(see note 2)
Vietnam
Countries pending for implementation are Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka

* Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department

Note 1: As per Australia security requirements, a secondary security screening will be conducted at the departure gate in HKG international airport to ensure no excessive LAGs to be carried onboard CX Australia bound flights. Arrival passengers to Australia can purchase duty free LAGs in-flight on the final sector of their journey e.g. BNE bound passengers travelling on a HKG-CNS-BNE flight can purchase LAGs duty free on the CNS-BNE sector.

Note 2: Similar to the Australia security requirements, the U.S. government also requires a secondary security screening at the departure gate in HKG international airport to ensure no excessive LAGs to be carried onboard CX U.S. bound flights. Arrival passengers to U.S. can purchase duty free LAGs in-flight on the final sector of their journey e.g. JFK bound passengers travelling on a HKG-YVR-JFK flight can purchase duty free on the YVR-JFK sector. Likewise, arrival passengers to Canada e.g. YYZ bound passengers travelling on the HKG-ANC-YYZ flight can purchase duty free on the ANC-YYZ sector.

Transit Flow Chart

Austria	Australia	Bahrain	Belgium	Bulgaria
Canada	People's Republic of China	Cyprus	Czech Republic	Denmark
Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece
Hungary	Iceland	India	Indonesia	Ireland
Italy	Japan	Latvia	Lithuania	Luxembourg
Malta	Malaysia	Mauritius	New Zealand	Netherlands
Norway	Pakistan	Philippines	Poland	Portugal
Republic of South Korea	Romania	Singapore	Slovakia	Slovenia
South Africa	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Taiwan
Thailand	United Arab Emirates	United Kingdom	United States of America	Vietnam

* Bolded countries are within Cathay Pacific network.