FIM

We wel­come pas­sen­gers to trav­el with their musi­cal instru­ments. We advise it kept inside a stur­dy round-​edged hard case which can pro­tect the musi­cal instru­ments from impact. Depending on the size of your instru­ment, you may need to check in.

Musical instru­ments in soft cas­es will not be accept­ed, and we will not pro­vide hard cases.

You can bring small musi­cal instru­ments (like flutes or vio­lins) onto the plane as part of your cab­in bag­gage allowance. Please ensure they’re stored in a hard case and can be safe­ly stowed inside the over­head lock­er. If there is no stowage space or it exceeds the dimen­sions lim­i­ta­tion, the instru­ment will have to be checked in and con­sid­ered as checked baggage.

1. Dimensions must not exceed 76 x 25 x 13cm or 30 x 10 x 5 inch­es (height x width x depth) includ­ing the case.

2. Weight must not exceed 7kg (15 lbs) includ­ing the case.

(FR) You can store larg­er musi­cal instru­ments (like a gui­tar or a cel­lo) on a pur­chased seat if you do not want to check them in and pas­sen­ger must store the instru­ment in a hard case.

Due to tem­per­a­ture vari­a­tion, expan­sion and con­trac­tion of the neck of string instru­ments may occur. We advise pas­sen­gers to loosen their strings before trav­el to pre­vent any strain or damage.

The above-​mentioned bag­gage items are accept­ed in the cab­in only when pas­sen­gers have obtained our per­mis­sion after giv­ing us pri­or notice with actu­al size and weight of the baggage.

Size and weight lim­its of bag­gage at an extra seat:

1. Musical instru­ment, includ­ing the hard case, should be of size not more than 203 cm or 80 inch­es (Length + Width + Height)
2. Weight must not exceed 35kg (70 lbs) includ­ing the case.

If you would like to pur­chase an extra seat for your musi­cal instru­ment, please con­tact us to make your book­ing. Please do not reserve online, as there is cur­rent­ly no pro­vi­sion to pur­chase an extra seat for musi­cal instruments.

You must make your book­ing at least 3 work­ing days pri­or to the sched­uled depar­ture date, to allow us to make the con­sid­er­a­tion of suf­fi­cient notice peri­od for spe­cial arrangement

Large musi­cal instru­ments, like a gui­tar or cel­lo, which exceed the above dimen­sion lim­its or the cab­in bag­gage allowance, must be checked in. Please be aware that weight and dimen­sion restric­tions for checked bag­gage apply (includ­ing the hard case of the instrument).

Musical Instrument Protection Case – (Musical Instrument Protection Case ser­vice is tem­porar­i­ly sus­pend­ed for flights between Hong Kong and Mainland China)

Hong Kong Airlines has pre­pared pro­tec­tion cas­es for musi­cal instru­ments (inner dimen­sion: length 112cm x width 45.5cm x depth 21cm) for pas­sen­ger use.

Reservations are required 3 work­ing days before sched­uled depar­ture. Contact us for assis­tance in reserv­ing a musi­cal instru­ment pro­tec­tion case.

1. Dimensions must not exceed 112 x 45.5 x 21cm or 44 x 18 x 8inches includ­ing the case

2. Weight must not excess 8kg (18lbs) includ­ing the case

3. Available on Hong Kong Airlines net­work with sched­uled flight ONLY:

a. China Region – Beijing, Shanghai (Pudong & Hongqiao), Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang, Haikou, Sanya, Hangzhou, Nanjing

b. Asia Region – Hong Kong, Taipei, Denpasar, Okinawa, Tokyo(Narita), Osaka(Kansai), Sapporo, Kagoshima, Bangkok, Hanoi, Seoul, Manila

4. Passenger must approach air­port check-​in counter

5. Numbers of pro­tec­tion cas­es are lim­it­ed, and may not be able to cor­re­spond to your request