Hold Baggage Banned Items

For safety reasons the following items cannot be taken on to an aircraft. Please do not pack them in any baggage (hand baggage or checked-in hold baggage). Any such items will be confiscated by security staff

• Ammunition

• Blasting Caps

• Bleaches

• Cigarette lighters including refills

• Corrosive materials

• Creosote, quicklime, oiled paper

• Detonators and Fuses

• Dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives

• Explosives and related equipment

• Fire lighters, lighter fuel, paints, thinners

• Fireworks and other pyrotechnics

• Flammable liquids and solids

• Infectious substances such as live virus materials

• Instruments containing magnets

• Instruments containing mercury

• Mace spray

• Magnetrons

• Mercury

• Mines, grenades, and other explosive military stores

• Non-safety matches

• Organic peroxides

• Oxidisers such as bleaching powders

• Oxidising materials

• Party Poppers

• Poisons, arsenic, cyanide, weedkiller

• Radioactive materials, acids, corrosives, alkalis, caustic soda

• Smoke-generating canisters and smoke-generating cartridges

• Tear gas devices or any gas cylinders

• Thinners and solvents

• Vehicle fuel system components which have contained fuel

• Wet-cell car batteries

Packing Tips

To avoid bags becoming jammed on conveyor belts in our hold baggage system, please ensure that:

• All loose straps are tied up or removed.

• All flaps are securely fastened.

• Extendable handles are retracted or secured.

• Old tags and barcodes are removed.

When deciding what to pack for hold baggage and what to carry as hand baggage, please bear the following in mind:

• Do not wrap gifts. Security staff may wish to view them, and so may unwrap them.

• Consider putting a change of clothes, or at least underwear and a spare shirt, into your hand baggage. It can mean a little extra comfort in the event of weather delays or flight disprution during your flight(s), or if hold baggage is delayed.

• Never carry anything on to an aircraft for anyone else.

The full replacement of Guernsey Airport’s Hold Baggage System (HBS) is nearing completion despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Extensive equipment and site acceptance testing of the HBS began in the first quarter of 2022 and the project’s completion is expected to be in late April 2022.

The HBS processes and screens passenger hold baggage from the check-in desk before the items are loaded onto aircraft.

A floor area of approximately 390 square metres (4,200 square feet) has been created to house the entire HBS and the various support systems the two scanners require in order to function.

The scanners each weigh 6.5 metric tons, 5 metres long and have a width and height of 2 metres. Each of the machines can process over 1,000 items of hold baggage an hour.

The new system has built-in resilience, since both scanners are now identical, and the airport has the capability to automatically divert baggage between both scanners to reduce disruption for passengers.

Guernsey Ports’ Head of Passenger Operations and Aviation Security, Steve Langlois said:

“Early indications suggest the new scanning technology and the conveyor systems are performing well. The scanning technology is very different compared to the equipment it replaces. The technology provides scanning quality on a par with CT medical screening, giving security staff vastly more enhanced imaging capability.”

What do I have to do if I'm travelling with hold baggage?

The airline check-in desks are now open again. Passengers are now able to place their hold baggage items on the conveyor system at the desk. 

The SSeMS is a framework which establishes and describes an integrated approach to effectively manage aviation safety, health and safety, aviation security and the management of risk on the aerodrome and in the air space delegated to Guernsey by Jersey.

The SSeMS has been developed and structured to comply with international safety and aviation security requirements. The Safety and Security Occurrence Reporting Scheme is a formal process for employees to report all accidents, incidents and hazards. 

All Safety and Security Occurrence Reports must be filled utilising Centrik, Guernsey/Alderney Airport’s management system. All of the following Occurrences can be filed using the Centrik system:

• Aviation Safety Occurrences.

• Health and Safety Occurrences. 

• Aviation Security Occurrences. 

• Guernsey Reporting Scheme (Hazard Identification). 

All mandatory items must be filled out thoroughly in order for the report to be processed. Please submit your report using this link below. 

Safety and Security Occurrence Reporting System.