Domestic air travellers should carry only one handbag: CISF
Domestic air passengers should be allowed to carry only one baggage in the cabin of the aircraft subject to certain exemptions, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has told the civil aviation security agency BCAS.
Citing issues of congestion at pre-embarkation security checkpoints at airports due to passengers carrying 2-3 hand baggages, the CISF has asked the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to ensure that the one bag rule is enforced by all stakeholders and airlines.
The rule provides for certain exemptions, including lady’s bags.
In its communication to BCAS Director-General Nasir Kamal on January 19, the CISF said carrying more than one bag to the screening point leads to increased clearance time as well as delays, congestion in pre-embarkation security check (PESC) point, and inconvenience to passengers.
