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 Cathay Pacific operated flights only. For flights operated by other airlines, please refer to individual policies issued by respective companies.

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= 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 (Please note that some Duty Free Stores DO NOT provide sealed tamper evident bags to customers)

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

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Last updated: 24 March 2011

Country/Region	ARRIVAL: Passengers without further connecting flight(s)	TRANSIT: Passengers with onward connecting flights with Duty Free LAG 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	(see note 3)	(see note 3)	(see note 3)
Hong Kong			Provided that items have been purchased from the HKCAD* accepted countries (see Flow Chart)
India		(No LAGs items are allowed when departing, except baby food and medication)
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
New Zealand		(Except on domestic connecting flights)
Pakistan
Philippines
Russia
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 LAG screening at the boarding gate of Hong Kong international airport is required for passengers departing for Australia. This is to ensure that no excessive LAGs - item(s) over 100ml per bottle and 1000ml in total - to be carried onboard. Passengers arriving in Australia without further connecting flights can still purchase duty free LAGs in-flight on the last sector of their journey, except that on Australia domestic sector of triangular flights, in-flight duty free sales services are not available, e.g. CNS-BNE sector of a HKG-CNS-BNE flight.

Note 2: Similar to the Australia security requirements, the US government also requires a secondary LAG screening at the boarding gate of Hong Kong International Airport to ensure no excessive LAGs to be carried onboard CX US bound flights. Passengers to the US can purchase duty free LAGs in-flight on the last 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, such as YYZ bound passengers travelling on a HKG-ANC-YYZ flight, can purchase duty free on the ANC-YYZ sector.

Note 3: Duty free LAG items purchased at airports outside the European Union will be confiscated by security during a connection in an EU country, even if the passenger is making a connection on the same flight to another airport within the European Union. However, duty free LAGs can be purchased upon departure or in-flight on the last sector of the journey. For example, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) bound passengers travelling on HKG-AMS-CDG can purchase duty free LAG items on the AMS-CDG sector.

Transit Flow Chart

Austria	Australia	Bahrain	Belgium	Bulgaria
Cambodia	Canada	People's Republic of China	Cyprus	Czech Republic
Denmark	Estonia	Fiji	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	Qatar	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.