Air Vanuatu

Maximum weight: 5 kg

The context in a few words

Air Vanuatu flies from Vanuatu on a full-service model inherited from traditional aviation. In practice, that translates to a more permissive baggage policy than budget airlines — though it's still worth checking the exact figures before check-in.

Allowed format sums up to a few digits: , 5 kg maximum. These dimensions run noticeably stricter than the average — a bag that cleared on another carrier may be turned away here.

On the ground, posted rules and counter practice don't always align. Air Vanuatu keeps the dimensions ambiguous and 5 kg as the upper bound, and gate agents typically allow 1–2 cm of leeway before routing to hold. Don't bank on it — tolerance evaporates the moment the flight fills up.

In daily use, dimensional checks are less frequent than on low-cost airlines, but the rules apply once a flight fills up. On busy short-haul routes, an oversized cabin bag may end up in the hold for free — a service that quickly becomes mandatory.

Frequent-flyer trick on Air Vanuatu: use the personal item as a "stealth second carry-on". A compact backpack packed sensibly can carry a meaningful share, provided it respects underseat dimensions. That's often where a zero-fee trip turns into a forced upgrade.

Which bag for Air Vanuatu?

On Air Vanuatu, the cabin allowance leaves a bit of breathing room — but only if you start from a properly sized case. The picks below cover the formats that work cleanly with the published grid.