What can planes transport for you?
Plane transportation is a quick and efficient way to ship cargo, but since the terrorist attacks on September 11, the restrictions on what can be transported and what cannot have become much stricter. If you are a company that relies on air transportation to ship your cargo to customers you will need to be up to date on these restrictions.
So, what can planes in Australia transport for you? I think the better question and maybe the easier question to answer would be what can planes NOT transport for you. While we are looking at the items planes cannot transport for you, we will assume all items will be checked and not listed as "carry on" items. The items listed below as those that are unable to be transported are listed in detail on the TSA website.
- Flares
- Gun Lighters
- Gun Powder
- Aerosols
- Blasting Caps
- Chlorine for Pools and Spas
- Dynamite
- Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping Devices
- Fire Extinguishers & other compressed gas cylinders
- Fireworks
- Fuels
- Flammable Paints
- Flammable liquid, gel, or aerosol paint
- Gas torches
- Gasoline
- Hand grenades
- Lighter Fluid
- Liquid Bleach
- Recreational Oxygen
- Spillable Batteries
- Tear Gas
- Torch Lighters
- Spray Paint
- Turpentine and Paint thinner
- Vehicle airbags
- Safety matches
- Realistic replicas of explosives
- Realistic replicas of incendiaries
- Strike anywhere matches
While some of these things might seem pretty much common sense to you as far as being prohibited from air transport there has been someone somewhere who has tried to air ship this type of cargo. Another thing to keep in mind while shipping cargo through the air is the makeup of your items certain ingredients while under pressure can change chemical makeup and with the friction and such from the plane normal everyday items could become hazardous items quickly. As with anything if you have an item that is questionable the best thing to do is call the air transport company you are going to use for transport and ask them specifically to be sure everyone stays safe and your cargo arrives safely and without delays.
