How to travel with your gun via airplane
Posted: 11 Jul 2010, 22:57
This topic is for boys and girls who want to come on Berget via airplane.
If you are living outside EU it could be expensive to send your gun on the Berget games via post office or express shiping companies.It also could mean that you will be without your gun for a few weeks before and after the game.
Also you could have problems with your local customs if they do not know what is airsoft gun.
The best and cheapest way to send your gun is just bring it with you at airport.
How to do that ?
When you are buying your airplane ticket be sure to look at companies special baggae list. There are a lot of companies that will take airsoft gun on plane in special baggage.
Be sure that you say to your ticket salesman that you will bring airsoft gun with you at least 15 days before the flight. There may be a chance that salesman do not know what is airsoft gun so he/she will write ''a gun , weapon'' or something like that. Be sure that he writes ''Airsoft sport gun'' or something like that.
Make sure that your gun is well packed. A lot of airplane companies will not take airsoft gun if it is not in a hard case. You can put a padlock on it as well. If you ever seen how airport staff drops bags from airplane to those airport car you know what I am thinking when I say that you need hard case If it is not in a hard case it could get damaged. We do not want our guns to get damaged , do we ?
Make sure that you do not have magasines with dummy bullets because you are not allowed to have them in your case or take it on the plane.
If your country laws requires licence or somethnig like that for airsoft gun make sure that you have it with your passport.
After you check in and pay for gun transport go at the special baggage section and give your baggage to airport employees. They will scan it and you will not see it until you come to Sweden
Prices are very cheap. Malev ( Hungarian airways ) will take 30€ for one way for 15kgs baggage. In that baggage you can put your magazines, BB's , slings , red dot and pouches or other staff that you need for your gun.
If you are living outside EU , airport security and police will look at your gun at the arrival airport in the EU as well. Be calm and do not get nervous.They can not open your case without you so they will call you and ask you a few questions about a gun. It might take a while but it will be ok.
It is good to have some papers from Berget games ( just print the few pages from the website and your payment confirmation ).
Also , make sure that you have right information and best way to do that is call your airline company.
And if you think I can help just send me PM
If you are living outside EU it could be expensive to send your gun on the Berget games via post office or express shiping companies.It also could mean that you will be without your gun for a few weeks before and after the game.
Also you could have problems with your local customs if they do not know what is airsoft gun.
The best and cheapest way to send your gun is just bring it with you at airport.
How to do that ?
When you are buying your airplane ticket be sure to look at companies special baggae list. There are a lot of companies that will take airsoft gun on plane in special baggage.
Be sure that you say to your ticket salesman that you will bring airsoft gun with you at least 15 days before the flight. There may be a chance that salesman do not know what is airsoft gun so he/she will write ''a gun , weapon'' or something like that. Be sure that he writes ''Airsoft sport gun'' or something like that.
Make sure that your gun is well packed. A lot of airplane companies will not take airsoft gun if it is not in a hard case. You can put a padlock on it as well. If you ever seen how airport staff drops bags from airplane to those airport car you know what I am thinking when I say that you need hard case If it is not in a hard case it could get damaged. We do not want our guns to get damaged , do we ?
Make sure that you do not have magasines with dummy bullets because you are not allowed to have them in your case or take it on the plane.
If your country laws requires licence or somethnig like that for airsoft gun make sure that you have it with your passport.
After you check in and pay for gun transport go at the special baggage section and give your baggage to airport employees. They will scan it and you will not see it until you come to Sweden
Prices are very cheap. Malev ( Hungarian airways ) will take 30€ for one way for 15kgs baggage. In that baggage you can put your magazines, BB's , slings , red dot and pouches or other staff that you need for your gun.
If you are living outside EU , airport security and police will look at your gun at the arrival airport in the EU as well. Be calm and do not get nervous.They can not open your case without you so they will call you and ask you a few questions about a gun. It might take a while but it will be ok.
It is good to have some papers from Berget games ( just print the few pages from the website and your payment confirmation ).
Also , make sure that you have right information and best way to do that is call your airline company.
And if you think I can help just send me PM