If you are planning a trip to Dubai, you need to know this about their new luggage rules
If your bag doesn't have a flat surface, officials will not allow it to be checked into the hold of a plane
Dubai Airport is introducing strict new rules about luggage that have the potential to cause a nightmare for tourists.
Any bags that don't fit the harsh new guidelines about shape will not be allowed on the plane.
From March 8, anyone wanting to check in a bag will have to follow these rules:
- No round bags
- No irregular shaped bags
- All bags must have a flat surface
If they don't want to leave their bag behind, travellers will have to stump up the cash for their luggage to be repackaged in boxes.
Officials have revealed that the new policy is to reduce the risk of mishandlings and prevent delays to flights.
Ali Angizeh, Vice President of Terminal Operations at Dubai International said: "Even the most technologically advanced systems can be disrupted by irregular shaped or oversized bags.
"Bags that are round or do not have a flat surface of any kind are by far the largest source of baggage jams.
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"These jams can shut down sections of our system, delay baggage delivery to the aircraft and inconvenience our customers."
Covering a surface area of 75 football fields, Dubai's baggage handling system is one of the largest in the world and in January alone it processed around 9.3 million bags.