Can I carry a violin as cabin baggage from Europe to Asia on Lufthansa?

1. Can I bring a violin on a plane?
2. Can you take musical instruments as hand luggage?
3. Is Lufthansa strict with carry on?
4. What is not allowed in cabin baggage?
5. How do you travel with a violin safely?
6. Does a violin count as a carry-on?
7. Do instruments count as a carry on?
8. Which airlines allow guitars as hand luggage?
9. How do you travel with a musical instrument?
10. Does a ladies handbag count as hand luggage?
11. What happens if my carry on is too big?
12. Does Lufthansa actually weigh carry on bags?

Can I bring a violin on a plane?

Your violin cannot go as checked baggage without grave risk of being broken by baggage handlers or harmed by the very cold conditions in cargo. ... Bring your violin as your only carry-on bag to go in the overhead compartment.

Can you take musical instruments as hand luggage?

Instruments such as a violin, viola or small wind instrument can be carried as hand baggage as long as it's in a case no bigger than 80 x 45 x 25cm (31 x 18 x 10in) and is carried in place of your larger cabin bag. In addition, you can also take a small handbag/laptop size bag.

Is Lufthansa strict with carry on?

Carry on Luggage

Lufthansa airlines just like most major airlines are not so strict with its carry on allowance. ... size for carry on bag: up to 8 kg. Dimensions for carry-on baggage: max. 55 x 40 x 23 cm.

What is not allowed in cabin baggage?

Prohibited items in Cabin Baggage:

• Dry cell batteries.
• Knives, scissors, Swiss army knives and other sharp instruments.
• Toy replicas of fire arms and ammunition.
• Weapons such as whips, nan-chakus, baton, or stun gun.
• Electronic devices which cannot be switched off.
• Aerosols and liquids*

How do you travel with a violin safely?

10 Tips and Tricks to Pack your Violin

1. Take a bow and wrap it. ...
2. Loosen the violin strings. ...
3. Pack your violin with a hygrometer and a humidifier. ...
4. Turn the tuning pegs parallel to the scroll. ...
5. Use bubble wraps (and plenty of paddings!) ...
6. Place the violin in a hard carrying case. ...
7. Bring extra set of violin strings.

Does a violin count as a carry-on?

Musical instruments must undergo screening when transported as carry-on or in checked baggage. Pack brass instruments in your checked baggage. ... Check with your airline prior to your flight to ensure your instrument meets the aircraft size requirements.

Do instruments count as a carry on?

A musical instrument may be taken onboard as your one carry-on bag, regardless of its size, as long as it can be safely stowed in an approved carry-on stowage location and space is available when you board. ... A musical instrument will count as one piece of checked baggage and are subject to all applicable baggage fees.

Which airlines allow guitars as hand luggage?

Guitars and other smaller musical instruments, such as violins, will be accepted as your free carry-on baggage item on Delta and Delta Connection® carriers flights¹. These items must easily fit in the overhead bin or other approved storage location in the cabin, based on available space at the time of boarding.

How do you travel with a musical instrument?

10 tips for flying with your musical instrument

1. Check the airline's hand luggage policy. ...
2. Think about purchasing an extra seat. ...
3. Pack your instrument in a hard case. ...
4. Remove all other items from the case. ...
5. Loosen the strings. ...
6. Be prepared for your instrument to go through security. ...
7. Don't put any liquids in your case. ...
8. Put some 'Fragile' stickers on the case.

Does a ladies handbag count as hand luggage?

No, it's not ok. It's one piece only. Your handbag will have to go in your hand luggage.

What happens if my carry on is too big?

Because your bag looks suspiciously large, you are asked to test if it fits in a sizer, and it fails to fit. In this scenario, you will need to pay a checked bag fee. Because the airline has realized they are running out of space in the overhead bins and have asked passengers to check-in carryon bags at the gate.

Does Lufthansa actually weigh carry on bags?

It's weighed at check in and can be weighed at the gate for passengers connecting from a different airline to LH. ... As long as the airline doesn't impose a total weight limit for both carry on and PI that strategy works.