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Baggage & Packing · 4 min read

Can I Pack an Electric Kettle for International Travel?

IndiGo's table has no kettle row, but "Home appliances" are cabin-no, checked-yes subject to BCAS rules. Air India does not name kettles at all. And will your 230V kettle even work abroad? Checked 25 Oct 2026.

24 Oct 2026

Baggage & Packing · 4 min read

Can I Take a Small Sewing Kit Through Airport Security?

Scissors: cabin no on IndiGo, Air India and the AAI list. Knitting needles: cabin no on Air India. Hand-sewing needles: unnamed, so the checkpoint decides. What the pages say about a sewing kit, checked 25 Oct 2026.

24 Oct 2026

Baggage & Packing · 4 min read

Can I Carry Perfume in Cabin Baggage on an International Flight?

Air India names perfume as a cabin liquid: 100 ml in the one-litre bag. IndiGo's table refuses it in the cabin but accepts it in checked baggage. What both pages say, plus the duty-free STEB rule and the India transfer trap.

24 Oct 2026

Baggage & Packing · 5 min read

Can I Pack Mosquito Repellent Spray in My Suitcase?

No Indian airline's baggage page names mosquito repellent spray. Whether your can flies depends on which rule the screener thinks it fits. Here is what the Air India and IndiGo pages actually say, and the forms that skip the argument.

24 Oct 2026

Baggage & Packing · 4 min read

Can I Carry a Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush on a Plane?

No Indian carrier lists electric toothbrushes, but IndiGo's closest named row accepts battery grooming devices in cabin and checked baggage. What that means for your brush, the toothpaste that actually has rules, and the power-bank confusion, checked 25 Oct 2026.

24 Oct 2026

Baggage & Packing · 4 min read

Can I Carry a Steel Tiffin Box on an Indian Flight?

No Indian carrier lists a tiffin box by name, but IndiGo's table refuses steel heavy items and metal items in the cabin and accepts them in checked baggage. What that means for your dabba, the food inside it, and the oily-food trap, checked 25 Oct 2026.

24 Oct 2026

Baggage & Packing · 5 min read

Can I Take an Empty Water Bottle Through Airport Security?

IndiGo's table allows a water bottle in the cabin up to 100 ml and in checked luggage outright; Air India's restricted page has no bottle row and treats water as a LAG. What the empty-bottle move actually relies on, and why the screener still decides.

24 Oct 2026

Baggage & Packing · 5 min read

Can I Pack Ghee or Oil in Checked Luggage?

Air India allows ghee and cooking oil in cabin and checked baggage, with a 5 kg/l per passenger cap in the hold; IndiGo keeps ghee out of the cabin entirely. The 100 ml cabin rule and how to pack a jar that survives the belt.

24 Oct 2026

Baggage & Packing · 5 min read

Can I Carry Homemade Pickle on an International Flight?

Air India allows pickle in cabin and checked baggage; IndiGo keeps it out of the cabin. The 100 ml oil rule, the chilly pickle exception, and the customs check waiting at the other end.

24 Oct 2026