CARRYFACTS RESEARCH

Airline cabin weight limits and empty-bag burden

How much of each structured airline cabin-weight allowance is consumed by published empty-bag weight, and which comparisons remain unknown?

RESULT

8,120 of 8,272 product–allowance pairs have a comparable published empty weight.

Allowance variants8
Empty bag exceeds limit10
Unknown152

Results

This table describes the current CarryFacts publication sample. It is not a claim about the whole bag market.

AllowanceRuleCarrierApplies toAllowance typeRule checkedLimit (kg)RecordsWithin empty-weight limitEmpty bag exceeds limitEmpty weight unknownMedian remaining budget (kg)
klm-cabin:combinedWeight:1klm-cabinKLMEconomy small plus included hand bag; not a personal-item-only weightcombined_allowance2026-10-14121,0341,01321911.2
vueling-cabin:weight:1vueling-cabinVuelingentitled overhead cabin bagsingle_bag2026-10-14101,0341,0132199.2
scoot-baggage:combinedWeightVariants:1scoot-baggageScootEconomycombined_allowance2026-10-14101,0341,0132199.2
scoot-baggage:combinedWeightVariants:2scoot-baggageScootScootPluscombined_allowance2026-10-14151,0341,01501914.2
jetstar-cabin:combinedWeight:1jetstar-cabinJetstarmain plus small itemcombined_allowance2026-10-1471,0341,0132196.2
air-new-zealand-baggage:weight:1air-new-zealand-baggageAir New ZealandEconomy carry-onsingle_bag2026-10-1471,0341,0132196.2
easyjet-basic-small-bag:weight:1easyjet-basic-small-bageasyJetfree small cabin bagsingle_bag2026-10-14151,0341,01501914.2
frontier-basic-personal-item:weight:1frontier-basic-personal-itemFrontierpersonal itemsingle_bag2026-10-1415.91,0341,01501915.1

Method and scope

Denominator
Every published product record crossed with each comparable airline weight allowance: 1034 products × 8 allowance variants = 8272 statuses. 7 of 30 airline rule records provide a comparable weight allowance.
Exclusions
Excluded 0 non-positive, unsupported-unit or non-<= weight objects. Airline rules without a structured weight allowance remain visible in the denominator but do not create product pairs.
Limitations
Remaining budget is a theoretical subtraction of manufacturer-published empty-bag weight from the allowance. Combined allowances also cover other cabin items and are not single-bag entitlements. Fare, route, cabin, aircraft, piece count, packed weight and enforcement can change the applicable outcome.
Method version
1.0.0
Snapshot
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Evidence trail

Browse every rule and its official source. Each record shows the source URL, scope and check date used in this snapshot.