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Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport has new rules for your luggage

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We don’t want to sugar coat it, but luggage is a big problem at airports everywhere. OR Tambo is no exception. Irregular bags are the largest source of jams, and can shut down sections of the baggage-handling system, delaying baggage delivery to aircraft, and inconveniencing passengers and airlines. From March 25, new rules for checked baggage will be applied at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA / JNB Airport) in Johannesburg.

Here are the new rules:

  1. Only regular-shaped bags will be allowed to be checked in. This means that the bags must have at least one flat surface to be accepted
  2. Round or irregular-shaped bags will not be allowed
  3. Bags with longs straps will not be allowed

This is to prevent blockages and breakdowns in the baggage-handling system caused by bags that do not have any flat surfaces or that have long straps or grips – as per IATA guidelines.

Passengers who try to check in bags that don’t conform to these rules will can have their baggage wrapped with one flat side at airport-approved baggage wrapping stations.

Kris Reddy, Assistant General Manager: Operations Services at OR Tambo, said: “We very much appreciate that these new baggage rules will potentially create inconvenience or additional cost for some passengers, so this is not a step we have taken lightly. However, a small proportion of irregular bags that cause breakdowns in the baggage handling system create far greater inconvenience for the majority of passengers. We have investigated this matter over about a year and considered a variety of alternatives.”

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“It is our view, and airlines and other stakeholders now agree, that changing rules for irregular bags will improve the overall level of service to all passengers,” he concludes.

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