Turkish Airlines SCUBA Gear Fees
| Turkish Airlines SCUBA Diving Equipment Policy 2023 | |
|---|---|
| Airline Name | Turkish Airlines |
| Sport | SCUBA Diving Equipment |
| Accepts SCUBA Diving Equipment? | Yes |
| Counts Toward Baggage Allowance? | No |
| Cost | 30-60 EUR |
| View Regular Turkish Airlines Baggage Policies 2023 | |
| View SCUBA Diving Equipment Policies for Other Airlines | |
SCUBA Equipment is accepted on Turkish Airlines flights as checked luggage. It is important to reserve your Diving gear with the airline while making your reservation.
On domestic flights within Turkey, your SCUBA gear will be charged a fee of 209 TRY (approx. $10 USD / 10 EUR). [AMZ asins='B00NIYJF6U,B001PB6R4Q,B009F1924K,B00ZHPLCS2']
On international flights, SCUBA diving gear will be charged a special fee:
America/South America/South Africa/CIS/Far East/Interline - EUR 60
Europe/North Africa/Middle East - EUR 30
Africa/Asia - EUR 50
For travels to/from international airports (except for Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) including a transit flight to Turkey, calculate the total charge by adding together the one-way charge between each point and Turkey.
For example: If you are travelling from Skopje to New York, you will pay €30 for your Skopje - Istanbul flight plus €60 for your Istanbul - New York flight, making a total of €90.
Definition of SCUBA Diving Gear on Turkish Airlines
A Scuba Diving set consists of: diving suit, buoyancy vest (BC), mask, fins, underwater flashlight, knife, snorkel, harpoon, diving socks, diving cylinder and regulator.
Diving cylinders shall be empty. The meter shall read zero.
The air in buoyancy vest shall be emptied.
Equipment such as underwater flashlight (diving lamp) and soldering iron can be carried as hand baggage or checked baggage. In order to prevent an unexpected situation during flight, the heat generating section or power source of the equipment shall be separated, and packaged to restrict activation. The removed batteries shall be protected against short circuit.
The harpoon shall not be set and its tips shall be packed separately.
Special Rules - Free Carriage of SCUBA Diving Equipment on Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines will transport one set of SCUBA gear free of charge to/from certain destinations. Additional sets of SCUBA gear will still be charged the excess baggage rate or special transportation fees as above.
These promotions are in place until December 31 2023, although they have been in place for several years, so we would expect that the promotion continue into 2024 as well.
Between Italy - Miami (MIA) / Havana (HAV) / Maldives (MLE) / Cape Town (CPT) / Bangkok (BKK) / Zanzibar (ZNZ)
All Flights to/from Cebu and Manila
All Flights to/from Hurghada (HRG) and Sharm El Sheikh (SSH)
Between Oslo - Sharm el-Sheikh/Hurghada/Maldives/Cape Town/Mauritius/Manila/Johannesburg/Durban/Dar es Salaam/Maputo/Muscat/Jakarta/Bangkok/Phuket/Seychelles/Zanzibar/Tel Aviv/Kuala Lumpur/Havana/Denpasar/Colombo/Antananarivo/Aqaba/Cebu/Mexico City/Cancun/Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh
Between Turkey/Germany/Spain/France/Italy - Aqaba
Between Austria - Colombo/Denpasar/Hanoi/Hurghada/Kuala Lumpur/Maldives/Mauritius/Aqaba
Between Tel Aviv - Colombo/Male/Bilbao/Los Angeles/Denpasar/Bali
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