The Dubai Airport has placed a ban on baggage that are round or bound together from entering into the country.
According to authorities of the Dubai Airport, the ban is in line with the Airport’s move to reduce intake of items which slows down its baggage handling system.
The ban which will take effect from March 8 will see the rejection of baggage which does not have a definite shape.
Speaking on the new directive, Ali Angizeh, Vice President of terminal operations at Dubai International Airport said: “Bags that are round or do not have a flat surface of any kind are by far the largest cause of baggage jams.”
He added: “These jams can shut down sections of our system, delay the delivery of baggage to the aircraft and inconvenience customers. Passengers who show up at the airport with non-compliant baggage, will be given the option to have it repacked in boxes, for a fee” he said on pictures of the items in bubble wrap.”
