Airport personnel across Europe have been pushing passengers to travel with smaller quantity of items, the idea being to reduce risk of injury.
To promote the new campaign, on November 27, 100,000 leaflets and luggage stickers were distributed at 35 different airports by delegates of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF).
A ceiling limit of 23 kg per item and a phased reduction to 15 kg have been planned. The delegates are hopeful that this delimiting will lower the chances of musculoskeletal injuries.
With the ETF and ITF also calling for a hand luggage limit of 6 kg per bag, aircraft baggage has been excluded from the health and safety weight limits.
The decision is aimed at making air travel more secure by eliminating the threat of heavy bags falling from overhead lockers.
There are environmental benefits in travelling light, according to the campaign. Transporting lighter bags brings down fuel consumption in aircrafts.
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