FLYBE

[ghostrider1971]

sydsut - Well said, Sir.

Although I wonder how long until others follow suit........? :/

[amygx]

Could you not put it in cough medicine bottles?
Or just take spare tanks already filled with liquid, technically they're not refills are they.

[striker42]

Dec 12, 2016 11:34:36 GMT charliehorse said:

Very contadictory information being given when you follow the link posted ......

Electronic cigarettes are not hazardous to flight safety; however, any item that gives the appearance of a real cigarette or which may cause offence to other passengers seated adjacent or nearby is not permitted to be used on board our aircraft. As such, Flybe do not allow e-cigarettes to be used whilst on our flights.

You can still carry an e-cigarette on your person (filled or empty) or within your cabin bag only as long as it permits to the usual security restrictions (i.e. is charged and can be tested at the airport if required).


Due to restrictions on certain liquids being carried, we are not able to allow e-cigarette refills in your baggage on our flights. This applies to both nicotine-based and 0% nicotine refills. We cannot guarantee that these items will be allowed through security at your departure or destination airports.

Please refer to the below article if you have any further questions:

Flammable liquids (such as lighter fluid) and toxic liquids (such as e-cigarette re-fills) cannot be carried on board; however, you can carry one cigarette lighter or e-cigarette with you as long as they are securely sealed.

.............. So you can carry on an ecig full of liquid but not any spare liquid ??

Glad I have never had to fly on their airline.

Contradictory, poorly worded and IMO, a decision taken on Misinformation.

[toots]

Dec 12, 2016 11:34:36 GMT charliehorse said:

Very contadictory information being given when you follow the link posted ......

Electronic cigarettes are not hazardous to flight safety; however, any item that gives the appearance of a real cigarette or which may cause offence to other passengers seated adjacent or nearby is not permitted to be used on board our aircraft. As such, Flybe do not allow e-cigarettes to be used whilst on our flights.

You can still carry an e-cigarette on your person (filled or empty) or within your cabin bag only as long as it permits to the usual security restrictions (i.e. is charged and can be tested at the airport if required).


Due to restrictions on certain liquids being carried, we are not able to allow e-cigarette refills in your baggage on our flights. This applies to both nicotine-based and 0% nicotine refills. We cannot guarantee that these items will be allowed through security at your departure or destination airports.

Please refer to the below article if you have any further questions:

Flammable liquids (such as lighter fluid) and toxic liquids (such as e-cigarette re-fills) cannot be carried on board; however, you can carry one cigarette lighter or e-cigarette with you as long as they are securely sealed.

.............. So you can carry on an ecig full of liquid but not any spare liquid ??

Glad I have never had to fly on their airline.

This applies to both nicotine-based and 0% nicotine refills.  How can they stop you having 0% nicotine refills - what about food flavourings, that's just the same as 0% nicotine liquid surely? So, if one of my friends uses this airline and I've ordered a few bottles of concentrates to them to bring over to me this would mean they also can be confiscated even though there is nothing toxic whatsoever in them and they're just the same as the food flavourings you use in cooking and can buy in any supermarket around the world. Don't make any sense to me at all.

[chykensa]

My wife and I flew to Portugal with Flybe from Exeter in October. I was asked if I had any juice in my hand luggage, and said no, only to remember later that there in plain view in a little snap-lock clear plastic bag was a small (10ml) bottle of Red Astaire with my dripper. It passed through the X-ray machine in full view, and I thought, here we go, that will end up in the bin, but no-one said a word and we sailed through.
We did take hold luggage, where all my juice was lodged, and of course that wasn't checked at all.

Flying out again from Newquay next May, but with Ryanair, so will check their details most carefully before we go. We are sharing one large suitcase as well as our own carry-on luggage, in the hope that the weather will be warm enough to make do with t-shirts and shorts!

[DaveJ]

...we are not able to allow e-cigarette refills in your baggage on our flights...

and

toxic liquids (such as e-cigarette re-fills) cannot be carried on board

I read those quotes to say that this particular airline not only bans the carrying of e-juice refills in your cabin bag or in your pocket but ALSO bans them from being packed in your "checked in" baggage (which is carried in the hold).

Am I reading that right?

And if so - then Damn! Not so much because it is an airline I'm likely to have any dealings with, but because such nonsense may well spread to other airlines.

[charliehorse]

Dec 13, 2016 6:41:23 GMT DaveJ said:

...we are not able to allow e-cigarette refills in your baggage on our flights...

and

toxic liquids (such as e-cigarette re-fills) cannot be carried on board

I read those quotes to say that this particular airline not only bans the carrying of e-juice refills in your cabin bag or in your pocket but ALSO bans them from being packed in your "checked in" baggage (which is carried in the hold).

Am I reading that right?

And if so - then Damn! Not so much because it is an airline I'm likely to have any dealings with, but because such nonsense may well spread to other airlines.

I had another thought on this - Was the security check general airport security or an additional FlyBe security check - so a bit of googling later .........

This is from Exeter Airports website on the section for Baggage Restrictions

E-Cigarettes
•An e-cigarette or vaping device may be taken through the Security Search Area but their use is not permitted in the airport terminal.
•Spare refills may not be carried in hand (cabin) baggage or in hold (checked-in) baggage.

Pretty grim if you ask me and I wonder who is responsible for introducing this, the airport or the carrier (ie FlyBe)
Also its a bit contradictory as I read the FlyBe one (toxic liquids (such as e-cigarette re-fills) cannot be carried on board) as not carried on as cabin baggage but okay in the hold.

[sydsut]

WTF constitutes Toxic anyway, a full bladder of urine is a toxic substance and yet I see no signs to empty bladder before boarding.

[ghostrider1971]

I think one of the saddest things is that the picture is not clear or consistent......

This makes travelling with vape goods an absolute lottery and additional stress (I hate flying anyway!). When I was in Hong Kong a few weeks back, where carrying nicotine is also viewed as a toxic substance with big fines, I put my mod & liquid in the plastic tray and x-ray machine and no one batted an eyelid (although it was a transit flight...)

Maybe the tobacco companies are now whinging to those on high that more vaping and less "duty free" sales are hurting their shareholder profits? (Appreciate this wouldn't apply to domestic flights....)

[Postmodern Smoking]

The matter isn't helped, by the often incorrect toxicity categorisation of e-liquid, by the manufacturers.... i.e. putting CLP Toxic (skull & crossbones) pictographs on the bottles, when they are not required, as the product <25mg/ml (<2.5%) is sufficiently dilute.
See here for more information from ECITA.

[taz96]

It is a total pain in the ****. I sometimes have no choice but to use them. I did however, vent my feelings when they asked for feedback on my flight, telling them I would never use them again if I could possibly avoid them. Not that anyone will take a blind bit of notice.

[taz96]

Dec 13, 2016 9:34:01 GMT charliehorse said:

Dec 13, 2016 6:41:23 GMT DaveJ said:

and
I read those quotes to say that this particular airline not only bans the carrying of e-juice refills in your cabin bag or in your pocket but ALSO bans them from being packed in your "checked in" baggage (which is carried in the hold).

Am I reading that right?

And if so - then Damn! Not so much because it is an airline I'm likely to have any dealings with, but because such nonsense may well spread to other airlines.

I had another thought on this - Was the security check general airport security or an additional FlyBe security check - so a bit of googling later .........

This is from Exeter Airports website on the section for Baggage Restrictions

E-Cigarettes
•An e-cigarette or vaping device may be taken through the Security Search Area but their use is not permitted in the airport terminal.
•Spare refills may not be carried in hand (cabin) baggage or in hold (checked-in) baggage.

Pretty grim if you ask me and I wonder who is responsible for introducing this, the airport or the carrier (ie FlyBe)
Also its a bit contradictory as I read the FlyBe one (toxic liquids (such as e-cigarette re-fills) cannot be carried on board) as not carried on as cabin baggage but okay in the hold.

I think it may have been a FlyBe security check as I had no problem at Edinburgh. Then again I had no bother in Exeter the last time I was there about 6 months ago ?

[izan]

Dec 12, 2016 7:08:11 GMT taz96 said:

A heads up for anyone flying with Flybe.

I've just had nearly 100ml of ejuice confiscated at Exeter airport due to Flybe's policy of not allowing ejuice to be carried in hand baggage. I travelled with Flybe in the summer without issue, but this policy has now changed so please be aware folks.

Sounds like they need a NEGATIVE review or two...


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[charliehorse]

Dec 13, 2016 18:48:04 GMT taz96 said:

Dec 13, 2016 9:34:01 GMT charliehorse said:

I had another thought on this - Was the security check general airport security or an additional FlyBe security check - so a bit of googling later .........

This is from Exeter Airports website on the section for Baggage Restrictions

E-Cigarettes
•An e-cigarette or vaping device may be taken through the Security Search Area but their use is not permitted in the airport terminal.
•Spare refills may not be carried in hand (cabin) baggage or in hold (checked-in) baggage.

Pretty grim if you ask me and I wonder who is responsible for introducing this, the airport or the carrier (ie FlyBe)
Also its a bit contradictory as I read the FlyBe one (toxic liquids (such as e-cigarette re-fills) cannot be carried on board) as not carried on as cabin baggage but okay in the hold.

I think it may have been a FlyBe security check as I had no problem at Edinburgh. Then again I had no bother in Exeter the last time I was there about 6 months ago ?

Did the security guy ask who you were flying with taz96 ?

[Postmodern Smoking]

Looks like the airport has a no ecig refill policy (asides from any Flybe restrictions)

E-Cigarettes

An e-cigarette or vaping device may be taken through the Security Search Area but their use is not permitted in the airport terminal.
Spare refills may not be carried in hand (cabin) baggage or in hold (checked-in) baggage.

(Source: www.exeter-airport.co.uk/passenger-information/)