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    Travel restrictions - do not take your drone to Turkey

    The safest bet is to just check your Mavic in with your checked baggage and keep the lipo in your cabin baggage. Worst case scenario you will have the lipo taken off you but better than being the Mavic right.
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    Hello from Istanbul - TURKEY

    Your very welcome ! I have heard of some instances where people have lost items when handing items over to be put into the special hold compartment. Safest bet is to check the drone in your hold baggage and hand the lipos in which eventually get put in the hold seperately.
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    Hello from Istanbul - TURKEY

    This is also what I have been sent by Turkish airlines. This looks very helpful and there is now hope for us. By the look of the picture they prefer you put your electronic devices in your hold luggage however even if you carried lipos on you they will end up putting it in the hold in their own...
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    Travel restrictions - do not take your drone to Turkey

    This is also what I have been sent by Turkish airlines. This looks very helpful and there is now hope for us. By the look of the picture they prefer you put your electronic devices in your hold luggage however even if you carried lipos on you they will end up putting it in the hold in their own...
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    Travel restrictions - do not take your drone to Turkey

    Oh I didn't know if it has the battery contained with it then you can travel it in your checked bag. Turkish airlines never mentioned that to me. Sounds like theyr not entirely sure. I think I might just risk traveling with the spark with the battery connected on the way back. I think traveling...
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    Travel restrictions - do not take your drone to Turkey

    What about the Mavic controller what happens with regard to travelling with that does it go in the check in baggage also? I just pre ordered the spark and was hoping I would be fine travelling with it but seems like it's just as frustrating!
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    Travel restrictions - do not take your drone to Turkey

    Sorry I meant travel with the battery in my hand baggage
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    Travel restrictions - do not take your drone to Turkey

    So do you recommend I keep the drone in checked baggage but travel with the battery in my hold baggage ? My father travelled from Antalya to the UK recently and he said they had a procedure where everyone had to put their phone through a letter box shape with the allowable dimensions and if...
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    Hello from Istanbul - TURKEY

    I just emailed turkish airlines asking them if I could take my drone and my spare camera batteries with me and they replied with this. " Thank you for your email. First of all please note that due to IATA regulations Drones cannot be brought on the planes. In regards to electrical ban, and...
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    Travel restrictions - do not take your drone to Turkey

    I just emailed turkish airlines asking them if I could take my drone and my spare camera batteries with me and they replied with this. " Thank you for your email. First of all please note that due to IATA regulations Drones cannot be brought on the planes. In regards to electrical ban, and...