Sports baggage and special baggage

• 1 item of baggage with one fishing rod
  1 item of baggage with fishing gear
• Maximum number of baggage items: 2
• Dimensions (height + width + depth): 200 cm, with packaging

Maximum permitted 2 items of baggage:

• 1 item of baggage with either a compressed air cylinder (please note the information below regarding this) or an empty oxygen cylinder
• 1 item of baggage with diving goggles, snorkel, flippers, diving suit, buoyancy compensator/BCD jacket and regulator 
• You can find transport regulations for transporting a diving lamp in the section Diving lamps, soldering irons and other heat-generating devices with built-in batteries.

Max. dimensions per item of baggage: 200 cm (width + height + depth)

Additional notes on compressed air cylinders: 

• Compressed air cylinders containing gases in hazard division 2.2 may be transported at a pressure less than 200 kPa (2 Bar) at 20°C. 
• The use of liquified or frozen liquified gases is prohibited. 
• If the compressed air cylinder does not have a pressure gauge, the valve must be left open. Otherwise transport of such items is also prohibited.

• One board that can be used for different sports
• Maximum number of baggage items: 1
• Dimensions (length only): 200 cm

• One board that can be used for different sports
• Maximum number of baggage items: 1
• Dimensions (length only): 315 cm

• 1 standard bicycle (non-motorised and no e-bikes) OR
  1 child’s bicycle trailer OR
  1 unicycle
• Maximum number of baggage items: 1
• Dimensions (height + width + depth): 280 cm

Packaging information:
Bicycles can only be accepted if they are packed in a suitable bicycle travel case or a similar container. Lufthansa is not able to provide you with packaging.

• One tandem with a maximum of 2 seats (non-motorised, no e-bikes)
• Maximum number of baggage items: 1
• Dimensions (height + width + depth): 350 cm
• Dimensions (length): 315 cm
  

• 1 golf bag with a set of golf clubs, balls and tees
  1 pair of golf shoes
• Maximum number of baggage items: 1
• Dimensions (height + width + depth): 220 cm

Packaging information:
All items must be packed in the golf bag. All battery-driven golf trolleys are prohibited.

Please note:
Golfing equipment is transported free of charge for our status customers: HON Circle Members, Senators and Star Alliance Gold members. This does not apply if they are travelling on the Economy Class Light fare and excludes routes to/from the USA and Canada. For SWISS Golf Traveller members, golfing equipment up to 23 kg is transported free of charge on flights operated by Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines on all routes. This does not apply if they are travelling on the Economy Class Light fare.

• 1 hockey bag
  1 hockey stick
  1 pair of ice skates
  1 set of body protectors
  1 helmet
• Maximum number of baggage items: 2
• Dimensions (height + width + depth): 200 cm
  

• 1 item of baggage with one pair of skis OR one snowboard
  1 item of baggage with one pair of ski poles and one pair of ski OR snowboard boots
  1 helmet
• Maximum number of baggage items: 2
• Dimensions (length only): 200 cm

Information about carriage:
In addition to your free baggage allowance, you may take one item of skiing equipment with you free of charge on your Lufthansa flight (except on flights to the USA/from the USA, Mexico and Central America).

On the Economy Class Light fare, free transport of skiing equipment instead of a booked item of baggage, or in addition to a booked item of baggage, is not included.

The weight of skiing equipment must be within the weight restrictions for the respective travel class.

Information about checking in your ski bag:
Your ski bag is always transported as bulky baggage. You can therefore check it in at the counters especially provided for this purpose at the airport. At Munich Airport, you can check your ski bag in at bulky baggage counters 425–426, and at Frankfurt Airport, at bulky baggage counter 445. Please make sure that you arrive at the airport with your bulky baggage in plenty of time for your flight. In Frankfurt, you should arrive at check-in at least 60 minutes before departure.

Special regulations apply to the transportation of sporting and hunting firearms and ammunition.

Multiple firearms can be booked per passenger.

Check in with this baggage at least 120 minutes before departure. Register the transportation of firearms or ammunition with our Service Center at an early stage.

Passengers are solely responsible for complying with the customs regulations, for the import licence and for other required documents. This applies both to entering a country and to travelling through it.

In the case of the Lufthansa Group airlines, ammunition must be booked separately as "AMMO" in accordance with the latest IATA standard. Other airlines may not yet be using this standard and may only accept bookings without the separate "AMMO" element.

Each firearm must be packed in a secured and unloaded state in a locked transport container intended for this purpose.  Several weapons are permitted per transport container.

A maximum of 5 kg of ammunition of the 1.4S, UN 0012 or UN 0014 categories is permitted per passenger. The ammunition must be packed, separate from the firearm, in a rigid container made of wood, metal or fibreboard. This container protects the ammunition from shock, movement and accidental self-detonation. On flights to and from South Africa, the ammunition must be packed in a lockable ammunition crate.

• Domestic: EUR 70
• Europe: EUR 80
• Near and Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia: EUR 100
• Medium-haul intercontinental routes: EUR 200
• Long-haul intercontinental routes: EUR 250

Based on local security measures, an additional airport fee for firearms will always be charged for departures in South Africa (USD 80), Italy (up to EUR 90, depending on the airport), Spain (EUR 60), Turkey (EUR 30), Zurich (CHF 55), Cyprus (EUR 25) and Geneva (CHF 200 or CHF 250 earlier than two hours before departure).

The transportation of firearms to and from London Heathrow (LHR), Aberdeen (ABZ), Edinburgh (EDI), Inverness (INV) and Glasgow (GLA) is forbidden. Please choose another airport in London or Great Britain if you want to take your licensed sporting or hunting firearms with you.

• Only sporting and hunting firearms, handguns and rifles, plus securely boxed ammunition (cartridges for firearms) belonging to Hazard Class 1.4S.
• Checked baggage: Yes (NB: separate reservations required for the weapon and the ammunition)
• Carry-on baggage: No
• On your person: No
• Carrier’s approval required: Yes (This permission is not given in writing. It is given upon request and confirmed verbally at the Service Center or, at the latest, when checking in at the airport.)
• Weapons and ammunition must be packed in different bags in accordance with the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. If necessary, a special luggage box must be used to separate both items from each other.
• Weapons must be unloaded.
• Ammunition carried in passenger aircraft must be for personal use for sporting and/or hunting purposes only.
• Only ammunition classified as 1.4S, UN0012 or UN0014 will be accepted.
• Each passenger may carry a maximum of 5 kg gross of ammunition (must be weighed) for their own personal use.
• Ammunition must be securely packaged, i.e. in standard commercial packaging.

• Ammunition with explosive or incendiary projectiles.
• Black powder may not be transported under any circumstances.

Please note, however, that it is not possible to book the Lufthansa Express Bus.

• 1 set of hang-gliding equipment in one item of baggage
• Maximum number of baggage items: 1
• Dimensions (height + width + depth): 350 cm
• Dimensions (length): 315 cm
  

Make sure each item of baggage is labelled (inside and outside) with your name and your (mobile) phone number before you check it in at the airport. You can get free bag tags and stickers for items of baggage you wish to check in at the check-in counter. You are also welcome to use your own bag tags.

As a general rule, we collect data in order to fulfil the contract of carriage you have agreed to with us. This includes passenger as well as baggage data. So that your baggage can also be carried by other airlines and transferred at airports, we pass on the data to the relevant airlines and airports. In addition, we support the German customs authorities in the fulfilment of their legal obligations by allowing limited access to selected data.

Large sports equipment is not counted as part of your free baggage allowance and must always be paid for separately.

Sports equipment that is heavier than 32 kg and longer than 315 cm will not be accepted as travel baggage. You can, however, send these items as air freight.

For information about sending air freight from Germany, you can also contact ​Lufthansa Cargo in Germany.

Information about sending air freight to other destinations and from other locations is available at the respective local ​Lufthansa Cargo office.