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Passengers

Check the dimensions, weight and number of items permitted by your airline before travelling. Each airline has its own restrictions.

Check that you are not carrying any prohibited or restricted items in your hand luggage. Remember that the lists shown are for guidance, they are not definitive.

You must be there at least 45 minutes before the departure of the flight. Please bear in mind traffic jams and possible building works at the airport.

Go to the check-in desks upon arrival at your terminal. Take into account queues, police processes, passing through security and the transfer to the boarding areas.

For you own wellbeing, we recommend you keep all your medication in your hand luggage and ensure it is easy to access.

What is restricted?

Animal products, meat and dairy products

You may travel with:

Small amounts of meat and dairy products for personal consumption from the 27 Member States of the EU and Andorra, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland.

Transport of animal, meat and dairy products (pdf - 119.83 kB)
What is the restriction?

The applicable legislation is Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 of 10 October 2019.

Vegetables and vegetable products

You may travel with:

Plants and plant products (live plants, fruits, vegetables, flowers, seeds...) not included in Annex VI of R(UE) 2019/2072. They must be presented with an Official Phytosanitary Passport issued by the relevant authorities of the country of origin, except fruits which do not need to present said passport (coconuts, dates, durians, bananas and pineapples)

Furthermore, the entry of live plants and tubers may only be carried out through the Border Control Stations after a phytosanitary security check from the Plant Health Inspection Service.

What is the restriction?

The applicable legislation is Regulation CE 2031/2016 of the European Parliament and Council of 26th October 2016.

Transport of plants and plant products on commercial aircraft (Canary Islands) (pdf - 595.82 kB)

Transport of plants and plant products on commercial aircraft (pdf - 232.69 kB)

#PlantHealth4Life (pdf - 618.08 kB)

Alcohol

You may travel with:
  • Spirits.
  • Wine.
  • Fortified wine.
  • Beer.
What is the maximum amount*?
  • 10 litres (within EU).
  • 90 litres of wine, including a maximum of 60 litres of sparkling wines (within EU).
  • 20 litres (within EU).
  • 110 litres (within EU), 16 litres (outside EU).

* From outside the EU you can bring a total of 1 litre of spirits over 22 % vol. or 1 litre of undenatured alcohol (ethyl alcohol) of 80% vol. (or over) or 2 litres of fortified or sparkling wine. Each of these amounts represents 100% of the total of this last allowance which you can split.

Tobacco

You may travel with:
  • Cigarettes.
  • Small cigars (weighing less than 3 g/unit).
  • Large cigars
  • Rolling tobacco or/and hookah.
What is the maximum amount?
  • 800 (within the EU), 200 (outside EU and Canary Islands).
  • 400 (within the EU), 100 (outside EU and Canary Islands).
  • 200 (within the EU), 50 (outside EU and Canary Islands).
  • 1 kg (within the EU), 250 g (outside EU and Canary Islands).

Other restricted products

You may travel with:
  • Cultural objects.
  • Protected species of wild plants and animals and products derived from them.
  • Live animals.
  • Weapons and ammunition.
  • Lithium batteries (find more information here).

Transport of live animals on commercial aircraft (pdf - 2.76 MB)

Recuerda

  • Check the website for the Tax Agency to see a full list of these products and the restrictions on each one.
  • Check the regulations of the destination country, because restricted items may vary depending on the country you are travelling to.
  • The amount of alcohol and tobacco permitted from the Canary Islands is as established for countries not belonging to the EU.
  • Security staff may deny access to the boarding area and the aeroplane cabin to any passenger in possession of an item that, although not considered prohibited, arouses their suspicions.
  • Bear in mind that these items may be affected by more than one set of regulations (airport security, safe transport of dangerous goods, etc.). In this case, the most restrictive regulations apply.
  • If you have left an object on the aeroplane, please contact your airline. You can see the list of airlines by selecting your airport:
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