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cheap flights| Airline Name | Hold Baggage Allowance* | Hand Baggage Allowance* | |
| Low Cost Airlines | |||
| Aer Lingus | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| BMIBaby | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Easyjet | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Fly Globespan | 15 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| FlyBe | 20 kgs pp | 10 kgs pp | |
| Jet 2 | 17 kgs pp | 10 kgs pp | |
| Monarch Scheduled | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Ryanair | 15 kgs pp | 10 kgs pp | |
| Thomson Fly | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Scheduled Airlines | |||
| Air Malta | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| British Airways | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| British Midland | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Bulgaria Air | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Continental Airlines | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Cyprus Airways | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Eurocyprair | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| GB Airways | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Virgin Atlantic | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Charter Airlines | |||
| Airtours | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Avro | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Balkan | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Cosmos | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Excel Airways | 15 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| First Choice | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Fly Thomas Cook | 15 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Fly Thomas Cook | 15 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Goldtrail | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Kiss Airlines | 15 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Libra and Priceright | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Panorama | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Teleticket | 20 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | 15 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
| Thomson | 15 kgs pp | 5 kgs pp | |
One of the questions that a lot of people ask is what is the difference between these two types of flights.
The airline companies such as British Airways, British Midland, KLM operate flights that run day in day out and travel all around the world. There is a time table these flights usually conform to and its generally repeated through out the year. Airlines as well as travel agents generally sell seats on scheduled flights to the public.
Chartered on the other hand is when a specific flight is booked by a travel firm such as Thomson, First Choice e.t.c. for their exclusive use to be used either as part of a package or just for them to sell as they like. Hence the flight is said to be chartered i.e. hired for the purpose of the travel firm.
So there is no real difference from a consumers point of view, except that if you have a problem with your flight, if it's chartered you would contact the travel company, and if it's scheduled you would contact the airline direct. All companies in the UK who charter flights need an ATOL licence which provides a bond for consumer protection.
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