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Tylersdad Full Member Offline Yes dear, i'll do it soon. Posts: 243 Location: Carterton Joined: Jan 27^th, 2013 Gender:	Rifle on air plane Mar 6^th, 2014 at 10:10pm	Print Post
	I couldn't find any links on a quick search. Can anyone provide any advice on this. Wanting to take rifle & ammo Wgtn to Chch. Air nz not overly clear and wanted to avoid the unhelpful desk that would lead me astray. Thanks.


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TJ Online Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Offline EBRG forever- Cher, cher Bro Posts: 12677 Location: hamilton Joined: Nov 9^th, 2006 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #1 - Mar 7^th, 2014 at 8:15am	Print Post
	Get on the ANZ web site and search for sporting goods. The info is in there plus there is a number that you can call for further information. Basicially you need to advise them that you will be transporting a firearm, flights dates etc


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FISH Full Member Offline TE FISH Posts: 391 Location: Turangi Joined: Jan 8^th, 2008 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #2 - Mar 11^th, 2014 at 1:44pm	Print Post
	Never had any issues, just turn up at airport & they walk you through it all. Once they did forget to put my rifle on the same flight though!! It was on my return flight luckily. They couriered it to my house, arrived 2 hours after i got home.


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NelCh Full Member Offline Posts: 312 Location: New Plymouth Joined: Jul 29^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #3 - Mar 14^th, 2014 at 11:59am	Print Post
	Very easy mate, rifle in a locked case and let them know. Bolt and ammo in a separate bag, which they will ask for you to confirm.


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Distant Stalker Forum Font Offline Finem Respice Posts: 3012 Location: christchurch Joined: Feb 3^rd, 2008 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #4 - Mar 17^th, 2014 at 1:08pm	Print Post
	NelCh wrote on Mar 14^th, 2014 at 11:59am: Very easy mate, rifle in a locked case and let them know. Bolt and ammo in a separate bag, which they will ask for you to confirm. Does the ammo/bolt need to be locked also?


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Stuckatwork Full Member Offline Posts: 164 Location: Te Awamutu Joined: Nov 18^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #5 - Mar 17^th, 2014 at 8:09pm	Print Post
	I just chucked bolt and ammo in my luggage, as long as you let them know you will be fine, Helpful hint; book an extra bag on the internet for $30 or it costs twice as much at the airport


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Highland223 Just Joined Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 43 Location: Dunedin Joined: Mar 17^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #6 - Mar 18^th, 2015 at 4:00pm	Print Post
	At time of booking make sure you advise them of your restricted item. Rifle in locked box/rifle bag. Ammo and bolt in checked in baggage as well. The only other requirement is ammo must be 5kg or less per person, if there is more than one person travelling you cannot combine the ammo unless it's total weight is less than the 5kg allowed. They will/should put restricted item tape on the rifle case and baggage. When you arrive at your destination the handlers will hold onto it until a rep can get it then customer service should ask for your firearms licence and match your baggage ticket, so make sure it's in your wallet with you. Then you should be good to go. Make sure your ammo is not in your carry on bag, cause if you get found out you will most likely miss the flight if check in has closed. Too easy if you do this. Cheers


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TJ Online Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Offline EBRG forever- Cher, cher Bro Posts: 12677 Location: hamilton Joined: Nov 9^th, 2006 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #7 - Mar 19^th, 2015 at 2:00pm	Print Post
	Highland223 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2015 at 4:00pm: At time of booking make sure you advise them of your restricted item. Rifle in locked box/rifle bag. Ammo and bolt in checked in baggage as well. The only other requirement is ammo must be 5kg or less per person, if there is more than one person travelling you cannot combine the ammo unless it's total weight is less than the 5kg allowed. They will/should put restricted item tape on the rifle case and baggage. When you arrive at your destination the handlers will hold onto it until a rep can get it then customer service should ask for your firearms licence and match your baggage ticket, so make sure it's in your wallet with you. Then you should be good to go. Make sure your ammo is not in your carry on bag, cause if you get found out you will most likely miss the flight if check in has closed. Too easy if you do this. Cheers Air NZ missed that bit with me


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Wanda_Ra Full Member Donor Member Offline Posts: 137 Location: Waikato Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #8 - Feb 20^th, 2018 at 8:59am	Print Post
	Highland223 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2015 at 4:00pm: Make sure your ammo is not in your carry on bag, cause if you get found out you will most likely miss the flight if check in has closed. Just done the round trips of a few nz domestic airports. Only Auckland and wellington Xray carry on luggage. Hamilton, chch and invercargill dont. Only Auckland checks the carry on weight, i got away with 19 kg carry on, from invers to chch to hamilton.

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Joe_90 Full Member Offline Planning to live forever. So far, so good. Posts: 246 Location: Springfield Joined: Jun 1^st, 2010 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #9 - Feb 21^st, 2018 at 6:46am	Print Post
	Wanda_Ra wrote on Feb 20^th, 2018 at 8:59am: Just done the round trips of a few nz domestic airports. Only Auckland and wellington Xray carry on luggage. Hamilton, chch and invercargill dont. Only Auckland checks the carry on weight, i got away with 19 kg carry on, from invers to chch to hamilton. Thats true in Chch if you're flying on an ATR72 or Q300 (propeller plane) If you're flying on a jet to say Wel or Akl then you go through security and they xray carry on.

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pyro Full Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 263 Joined: Jul 3^rd, 2012 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #10 - Feb 21^st, 2018 at 8:22am	Print Post
	Better to go a hard case as air nz reps had different interpretations of the rules in chch to akl. If you have a hard case it takes away this issue. (MAte couldn’t fly his rifle back to chch from akl in locked soft case, despite still havin the tags on it from the flight from chch a month earlier.)


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Tararua Hunter Ex Member	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #11 - Aug 8^th, 2018 at 10:10am	Print Post
	Highland223 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2015 at 4:00pm: At time of booking make sure you advise them of your restricted item. Rifle in locked box/rifle bag. Ammo and bolt in checked in baggage as well. The only other requirement is ammo must be 5kg or less per person, if there is more than one person travelling you cannot combine the ammo unless it's total weight is less than the 5kg allowed. They will/should put restricted item tape on the rifle case and baggage. When you arrive at your destination the handlers will hold onto it until a rep can get it then customer service should ask for your firearms licence and match your baggage ticket, so make sure it's in your wallet with you. Then you should be good to go. Make sure your ammo is not in your carry on bag, cause if you get found out you will most likely miss the flight if check in has closed. Too easy if you do this. Cheers got hauled up, xray picked up loose rounds. supposed to be in their packets.


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TJ Online Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Offline EBRG forever- Cher, cher Bro Posts: 12677 Location: hamilton Joined: Nov 9^th, 2006 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #12 - Aug 8^th, 2018 at 10:05pm	Print Post
	Quote: Highland223 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2015 at 4:00pm: At time of booking make sure you advise them of your restricted item. Rifle in locked box/rifle bag. Ammo and bolt in checked in baggage as well. The only other requirement is ammo must be 5kg or less per person, if there is more than one person travelling you cannot combine the ammo unless it's total weight is less than the 5kg allowed. They will/should put restricted item tape on the rifle case and baggage. When you arrive at your destination the handlers will hold onto it until a rep can get it then customer service should ask for your firearms licence and match your baggage ticket, so make sure it's in your wallet with you. Then you should be good to go. Make sure your ammo is not in your carry on bag, cause if you get found out you will most likely miss the flight if check in has closed. Too easy if you do this. Cheers got hauled up, xray picked up loose rounds. supposed to be in their packets. Yep


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Simon Gibson Full Member Offline Posts: 121 Location: Lower Hutt Joined: May 5^th, 2009	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #13 - Feb 7^th, 2019 at 3:59am	Print Post
	Have never had any hassles when flying with Air New Zealand as long as rifle is in a locked plastic case. Ammo in a plastic ammo box (definitely no loose rounds allowed) and both ammo and bolt in checked in luggage. Rifle case is classified as an extra bag so book online to save $$. Try taking ammo, bolt or gun parts, knife, gas canisters in check in and you may well miss the flight or at best the whole lot will end up in a waste bin. Also pays to be tidily dressed I reckon and not turn up dressed as a Camo Rambo. Saw four hunters at Wellington Airport once doing all of the above and trying to argue with security, they didn't win that one and it was definitely a bad look for hunters. After nearly not getting on a plane when checking in a rifle with Jet Star several times I'd recommend using Air New Zealand which may be more expensive but at least you will get there

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gmm Donor Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 82 Location: Northland Joined: Aug 5^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Rifle on air plane Reply #14 - Apr 23^rd, 2019 at 8:27pm	Print Post
	One more little thing if you fly out of Christchurch, fired empty cases need to be secured as well. Has some in the pocket of my bum bag and had to slide them into the ammo holder in the same pocket. OK if restrained so I was told. No gas canisters as had one in my jet boil I forgot and had to remove that.


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