Baggage rules
Can I Carry a Gas hair curler (butane) on a Flight in India?
Last updated: 7 Jul 2026Reviewed by Ms. Rubab Nizami, Lead AVSEC Faculty
In short
You can carry a gas hair curler (butane) in cabin baggage within limits. A cordless butane hair curler or straightener may be carried — one per person — in cabin baggage or on the person only, with the heating element safety cover fitted so it cannot switch on. It must never go in checked baggage, and separate gas refill cartridges are forbidden.
- Cabin baggage
- Allowed with limits
- Checked baggage
- Not allowed
- On your person
- Allowed with limits
- Limit
- One per person with safety cover fitted; gas refills forbidden
- Dangerous-goods class
- 2.1