The types of batteries allowed for air travel include lithium-ion batteries, lithium metal batteries, alkaline batteries, and nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries.
Are batteries allowed in air transport?
Waste batteries and batteries being shipped for recycling or disposal are forbidden from air transport unless approved by the appropriate national authority of the State of Origin and the State of the Operator. Vehicles only powered by lithium metal batteries or lithium ion batteries must be assigned to UN 3171, Battery-powered vehicle.
Equipment containing only lithium batteries must be classified as either UN 3091 or UN 3481. Waste batteries and batteries being shipped for recycling or disposal are forbidden from air transport unless approved by the appropriate national authority of the State of Origin and the State of the Operator.
Which batteries must be assigned to a cargo transport unit?
Vehicles only powered by lithium metal batteries or lithium ion batteries must be assigned to UN 3171, Battery-powered vehicle. Lithium batteries installed in cargo transport units, designed only to provide power external to the transport unit must be assigned to UN 3536, Lithium batteries installed in cargo transport unit.
When will lithium ion batteries be available for air transport?
From 1 January 2026, lithium-ion batteries that are packed with equipment and vehicles powered by lithium ion or sodium ion batteries must be offered for air transport with the battery at a reduced state of charge, unless otherwise approved by the relevant States (A331).
38.3. No more than two individually protected spare batteries per person may be carried. 2.3.5.9) being carried as spares within a passenger's carry-on baggage it must be emphasized that the number of spares must be “reasonable” in the context of the equipment used by the passenger and his or her itinerary.
How many batteries should be in a pack?
N. Under Packing Instructions 966 and 969, it states that “The maximum number of batteries in each package must be the minimum number required to power the equipment, plus two spare sets. A “set” of cells or batteries is the number of individual cells or batteries that are required to power each piece of equipment”.