Air cargo transportation is subject to international law and the SATA Group airlines’ transport policy.
Items not permitted, either as cargo or as mail
- Explosives, other than small-caliber ammunition of division 1.4.S;
- Toxic gases of division 2.3,
- Fissile radioactive materials,
- Loose lithium ion or metallic batteries, not packaged or outside the equipment,
- Any packaging with dangerous goods damaged, spilled, high-temperature, or leaking.
The following list contains examples of consignments that are likely to be classified or contain dangerous goods. If the consignments meet the classification criteria of the existing classes of dangerous goods, the article(s) must comply with the dangerous goods regulations: classification, documentation, packing instructions, marking, and labeling.
- Aircraft equipment or spare parts – may contain explosives (flares or other pyrotechnics), chemical oxygen generators, scrap tires, compressed gas cylinders (oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or fire extinguishers), paint, adhesives, aerosols, lifesaving devices/equipment, first aid kit, fuel in the equipment, wet or lithium batteries, matches, etc.;
- Breathing apparatus – may contain compressed gas or oxygen cylinders, chemical oxygen generators, or refrigerated liquid oxygen;
- Semen – may be packed with solid carbon dioxide or any refrigerated liquid gas;
- Camping equipment – may contain dangerous items such as flammable gases (butane, propane, etc.), flammable liquids (kerosene, gasoline, etc.), flammable solids (hexamethylenetetramine, matches, etc.), or others;
- Canisters or cylinders – may contain liquid or compressed gases;
- Dental devices – may contain hazardous chemicals such as resins or solvents, liquid or compressed gases, mercury, or radioactive material;
- Drilling and mining equipment – may contain explosives and/or other dangerous items;
- Electrical or electronic equipment – may contain magnetized materials or mercury, wet or lithium batteries, fuel cells, or fuel cell cartridges that have contained or contain fuel;
- Electric appliances – may contain dry or liquid batteries;
- Fruit, fish, vegetables, or other frozen perishable items – may be packed in dry ice;
- Household utility products – may contain flammable liquids such as solvent-based paint, adhesives, varnishes, aerosols, bleach, corrosive cleaning products or drains, ammunition, matches, etc.;
- Laboratory or testing equipment – may contain hazardous articles, in particular flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, toxic or corrosive substances, lithium batteries, and compressed gas cylinders;
- Instruments – may include barometers, manometers, switches, rectifying valves, and mercury-containing thermometers;
- Medical supplies – may contain flammable liquids and solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, toxic or corrosive substances, or lithium batteries;
- Medicines or pharmaceutical products – may contain flammable liquids and solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, or toxic or corrosive substances;
- Automobile parts – may contain ferromagnetic material that could affect navigation instruments, engines (including fuel cell engines), carburetors or tanks that have contained fuel, wet or lithium batteries, compressed gases in tire inflation items/equipment, nitrogen shock absorbers, fire extinguishers, airbag inflators/modules, flammable adhesives, solvent-based paints, etc.;
- Chemicals – may contain items that are likely to be classified as dangerous articles, particularly flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, and corrosive or toxic substances;
- COMAT (Company Material) – such as aircraft parts that may contain hazardous items as an integral part, for example, chemical oxygen generators, compressed gases such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen, gas lighters, aerosols, fire extinguishers, flammable liquids such as fuel, paints, and adhesives, and corrosive material such as batteries, and other items such as flares, first aid kits, lifesaving equipment and devices, magnetic material, etc.;
- Liquid cryogenic – indicates the presence of chilled liquid gases such as argon, helium, or nitrogen;
- Filming equipment – may contain explosive pyrotechnics, generators incorporating internal combustion engines, wet batteries, lithium batteries, fuel, heat-generating items, etc.;
- Vaccines — may be packed in dry ice;
- Diving equipment – may contain compressed gas cylinders (such as diving tanks and oxygen bottles for diving), high-density diving lamps (they emit a lot of heat, and if they are to be carried safely, the battery or lamp will have to be disconnected), etc.;
- Dry shipper (Vapor shipper) — may contain refrigerated nitrogen liquid;
- Battery-powered equipment or items – may contain wet or lithium batteries;
- Electronically powered appliances (wheelchairs, lawn mowers, golf carts, etc.) — may contain wet, lithium-ion, or fuel cell batteries or fuel cell cartridges that contain or have contained fuel;
- Expeditionary gear — may contain explosives (flares), flammable liquids (gasoline), flammable gas (propane, camping stove cylinders), or other items;
- Frozen embryos – may contain chilled liquid nitrogen or dry ice;
- Hot air balloons – may contain flammable gas cylinders, fire extinguishers, internal combustion engines, batteries, etc.;
- Machinery parts – may contain adhesives, solvent-based paints, wet or lithium batteries, mercury, compressed gas cylinders, etc.;
- Magnets and other items – may be individually or cumulatively classified as magnetic material;
- Metallic construction material, metallic fences, metallic pipes — these materials are likely to contain ferromagnetic material that may be subject to differentiated or specific loading due to the possibility of affecting the aircraft's instruments;
- Passenger baggage – may contain flares, flammable liquids, corrosive ovens or drain cleaners, flammable gas or liquid lighter refills, or camping stove cylinders, matches, ammunition, bleach, aerosols, etc.;
- Photographic material/equipment – may contain items that meet the criteria for classification as hazardous articles, particularly heat-producing articles, flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, toxic or corrosive substances, and lithium batteries;
- Car or motorcycle racing equipment – may contain engines, including fuel cells, carburetors, or gasoline tanks with fuel or fuel residues, flammable aerosols, compressed gas cylinders, fuel additives, and wet or lithium batteries;
- Repair kits – may contain organic peroxides and flammable adhesives, solvent-based paints, resins, etc.;
- Test samples – may contain infectious substances, flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides, corrosive or toxic substances;
- Boat spare parts – may contain explosives (flares), compressed gas cylinders, life jackets, paint, lithium batteries (emergency locators), etc.;
- Show, stage, and special effects equipment – may contain flammable substances, explosives, or other dangerous articles;
- Refrigerators – may contain organic peroxides, flammable adhesives, solvent-based paints, resins, etc.
- Sporting goods/sports team equipment – may contain cylinders of compressed or liquified gas (air, carbon dioxide, etc.), lithium batteries, propane torches, first aid kits, flammable adhesives, aerosols, etc.;
- Torches – micro torches and utility lighters may contain flammable gas and be equipped with an electronic starter. Larger torches may consist of a torch head (often with a self-igniting switch) attached to a container or cylinder of flammable gas.
More transportation conditions are in force in SATA Azores Airlines
Aside from transportation sector players, SATA Group airlines are committed to initiatives that are fighting against environmental aggression and acting regarding the safeguarding of animal welfare and the preservation of species. Among the commitments assumed are the following initiatives:
"Fly without Fins"
According to the airline's policy, transporting shark fins or any other part of cartilaginous fish is prohibited on all SATA Air Açores and Azores Airlines flights departing from any destination.
"United For Wildlife Transport Taskforce"
By signing the Buckingham Palace Declaration, SATA Azores Airlines are committed to adopting and encouraging a zero-tolerance policy regarding exploiting wildlife and transporting animals or parts of wild animals. In a suspicious case, the airline’s employees must report any suspected activity to the competent authorities.
You can learn more about SATA group action on behalf of a sustainable future here.