Flying with a surfboard on Air India
Checked bag or sports fee · 32 kg. Fee: special baggage handling fee: INR 2,500 domestic; USD 45 international (CAD 63.5 on Canada routes).
Booking: Tell Air India when booking or at least 24-48 h before departure
- boards count in your free allowance, plus a handling fee on top
- max 300 cm total dimensions (length + width + height); bigger goes as cargo, so most longboards cannot fly as baggage
- over 32 kg goes as cargo
- page does not say if the fee is per flight or per direction
Air India's sports baggage page · checked 2026-11. Rules and fees change: check before you fly.
Surf trips on Air India
Bali, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Sydney.