New baggage allowance on Emirates

Emirates has announced an increase in its free baggage allowances for passengers, effective for all tickets issued on or after May 4. The new allowance has been implemented across the airline's network of over 100 destinations globally- 30kg for Economy Class passengers, 40kg for Business and 50kg for First.

This is expected to boost shopping forays by travellers. Members of Skywards, Emirates��� frequent flyer programme, are entitled to an additional baggage over their ticketed allowance: 16 kg extra for Gold members and 12 kg for Silver. Codeshare passengers travelling on Emirates operated flights are also eligible for the revised free baggage allowances. Emirates' regular rates will be applied to baggage in excess of these new allowances.