Heathrow embargo update

[Hanechdene]

I have notified that I am flying with firearms in February and also was told of no issues.

 

[Covert]

Heathrow last Tuesday with BA carrying Firearms no issues

 

[tusker]

Heathrow last Tuesday with BA carrying Firearms no issues

what was the extre cost of taking firearms?
Tusker

 

[kieran222]

In a way I'm not surprised that the baggage handlers don't want to handle firearms. When I traveled through Manchester with my rifle in Sept, one of the baggage handlers had to sit with it for about 2hrs after I had checked it in. This puts them one person down for a couple of hrs. Firearms are probably their biggest hastle per item. In a way I'm surprised there isn't a handling charge by the airport for firearms as it also involves border force.

 

[ColinJ]

what was the extre cost of taking firearms?
Tusker

£125 each way.

 

[Covert]

what was the extre cost of taking firearms?
Tusker

BA Firearms charge is £125 per box containing a maximum of 2 weapons. Don’t travel with ammunition so don’t know

 

[Hanechdene]

If you are flying to SA, BA do not charge for ammo only for firearms

 

[Hanechdene]

Cleared Heathrow yesterday afternoon.

BA, as stated on their website, only charged £125 for one case, ammo goes free.

They are still struggling with their revised computer system / procedures and Border Force were on a go slow.

Total time from check in to clearing Border Force took in the region of 2 1/2 hours, longer than normal.

 

[jb1]

Cleared Heathrow yesterday afternoon.

BA, as stated on their website, only charged £125 for one case, ammo goes free.

Was the £125 each way or a one off fee ?

 

[Covert]

Was the £125 each way or a one off fee ?

Each way

 

[jb1]

Each way

Thought It was, adds quite a chunk doesn't it.

 

[Selous]

Cleared Heathrow yesterday afternoon.

BA, as stated on their website, only charged £125 for one case, ammo goes free.

They are still struggling with their revised computer system / procedures and Border Force were on a go slow.

Total time from check in to clearing Border Force took in the region of 2 1/2 hours, longer than normal.

Thanks for the update. I think 2.5 hours was about the same when I flew Virgin to JNB

 

[Hanechdene]

FYI , Just been through Heathrow and Virgin still ok with sporting firearms transportation …

Was the £125 each way or a one off fee ?

To confirm, £125 each way for rifle case regardless of the number of firearms in it. Ammo goes free as per their website.

Not a huge amount of money given the amount of time and what the courier has to do to get it on to the plane

 

[Covert]

My understanding is a maximum of 2 firearms per case / box to a maximum of 32 kg total weight.

 

[Hanechdene]

I would read this for clarification of what you can and cannot do with regards to BA and firearms:

https://www.britishairways.com/content/information/baggage-essentials/liquids-and-restrictions

The weight restriction for the rifle case will more likely be determined by the class weight allowances that your ticket states.

The max weight of an ammo case including the the ammo is 5kg