Carriage of Weapons, Ammunition and Appliances

For safety reasons Passenger will not be able to take any firearms, including sporting rifles, gas spray gun or cold steel on board.

o Transportation of a passenger with weapons and/or ammunition must be agreed with the airline when booking a ticket no later than 24 hours before departure by phone +7-809-505-46-69 (the cost of the call is from 64 to 68 rubles/min. including VAT, depending on the telecom operator, including waiting time and conversation with the manager) or through the feedback service on the website.
Passenger must arrive at a check-in desk at least one hour and a half before his\her flight departs and must proceed through all formalities.
All passengers intending to travel with firearms or ammunition must ensure they have the required documentation and licences . This includes export from/import into licences and authorization from local and national authorities.
All passengers intending to enter \leave the Russian Federation with firearms or ammunition must ensure they have the required import\export licence issued by MIA.
В аэропорту вылета оружие в обязательном порядке передается в службу безопасности аэропорта вылета для временного хранения на период полета и выдается владельцам в аэропорту назначения.
Passengers’ weapons and ammunition must be handed over to the Carrier by security staff of the airport for temporary storage during the flight, and given back to the passenger at the destination airport after the flight is completed.
The firearms must be unloaded and will be accepted provided they are packed in an appropriate carriage case separately with ammunition.
Ammunition for gas spray gun is prohibited for carriage.
Weapons and ammunition shall NOT be checked-in for carriage to final destination in case of transfer flight. Such pieces of baggage must be handed over to the passenger in each point of transfer and checked –in and handed over to the Carrier again.
There is a limit of 5 pieces on the same flight.

Weapons and ammunition are carried as checked baggage, are not included in the free baggage allowance and are paid additionally:

Category of additional baggage	Directions	If paying at the airport or in the airline office, rubles*
Category of additional baggage	Directions	Direct flight 1 flight stage/1 person	Transfer flight 2 flight stages/1 person
One weapon with ammunition for it	All directions	4000	5500
Ammunition without weapons	All directions	4000	5500

* If issuing in the call centre, there is an additional fee of 500 rubles.

EXCEPTION: Employees of executive authorities, on duty, following on a business trip, in the presence of appropriate certificates and travel certificates of the established sample, transport weapons free of charge.

ATTENTION: Baggage with one weapon (or one container specially designed for the transportation of weapons, with several weapons belonging to one passenger) and one piece of baggage with ammunition, is regarded as a separate piece of baggage.

The gross weight of ammunition cannot exceed 5 kg, transportation of weapons and ammunition in one piece of luggage (container) is not allowed.

ATTENTION: On flights operated by airline partners, other rules for the transportation of weapons and ammunition may be applied. We recommend clarifying the rules on the website of the flight operator (the actual carrier).