Is it true that airlines have banned carrying fruits in hand luggage in a basket from Saudi Arabia?

Although some bloggers and online "guides" publish information about the ban on carrying baskets of fruit from Saudi Arabia by a particular airline, in reality, carrying a basket in hand luggage and baggage is not prohibited by airlines. The reason is that many bloggers do not delve into the essence of such "prohibitions" and provide not entirely reliable or incomplete information on this matter, or perhaps simply do not have reliable information. The essence is that as an object of transportation, baskets and fruits do not pose a danger for transport on an airplane, and accordingly are not among the prohibited items, and are allowed without problems for transportation on airplanes both in hand luggage and in baggage. That is, in fact, in the norms of transportation of airlines and airports, there is no such prohibition on carrying baskets of fruit either in hand luggage or in baggage.

However, there is some truth in what bloggers write and tourists say in reviews. The thing is that some airlines, mainly those working with tour operators and operating charter flights with package tourists, allow taking on board, in addition to the standard allowance of hand luggage and baggage, also a basket of fruit, which does not require additional payment. That is, this is a kind of "bonus" that is allowed mainly on charter flights for Russian package tourists. However, in recent years, some airlines have begun to prohibit the carriage of this additional basket, or allow its carriage only for a fee, as a full-fledged additional piece of hand luggage. Hence, apparently, the myth was born that baskets of fruit were banned from being carried in hand luggage.

That is, in fact, it turns out: you can carry a "fruit basket" in hand luggage or baggage on an airplane, and there is no prohibition on this, if your basket complies with the airline's norms and specifically your ticket. However, it is worth noting that the norms for carrying baggage and hand luggage by weight, size, and number of pieces may differ in different airlines, on different flights, and different airfare tariffs, so this needs to be clarified before each specific flight in the itinerary receipt for the flight, on the airline's website, or with the tour operator. If you want to carry a basket in addition to hand luggage and this is not allowed by the rules on a specific flight, then you will have to pay for it.

Just in case, we also note that there is another misconception that fruits can only be carried on an airplane in baskets. This is also unreliable information, and there are no rules on this matter. That is, you can carry fruits in any container, suitcase, backpack, bag, etc., as long as its weight and dimensions comply with the norms for carriage by size and weight.

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