I. Small animals

1. Spring Airlines only accepts carriage of small animals limited to domestically kept cats and dogs. Cats and dogs with aggressive tendencies, prone to respiratory issues, brachycephalic breeds, or those unfit for air transport will not be accepted.

2. As the cargo compartments of most of our aircraft are not pressurized, we do not accept pets as checked baggage. If the pet meets the requirements for in-cabin transport, passengers may apply for in-cabin pet carriage.

II. Service dogs

1. Service dogs refer to special dogs that have undergone special training to provide assistance for the life and work of disabled persons, including assistance dogs, hearing dogs, and guide dogs. Emotional support animals (including emotional comfort dogs) are temporarily not included in the scope of service dogs acceptable for carriage due to reasons such as certification.

2. Service dogs can only be accepted when they accompany disabled passengers during the journey. Each disabled passenger can carry no more than 1 service dog, and the total number of service dogs on each flight segment shall not exceed 4.

3. Disabled passengers traveling with service dogs shall submit an application when they book the seats, no later than 24 hours before departure, and offer the disability certificate as well as the identification and quarantine certificates of the service dogs for verification.

4. Service dogs shall be carried to the airport by disabled passengers on their own. The disability certificate as well as the identification and quarantine certificates of the service dogs are required for check-in.

5. Service dogs shall go through the screening. The staff shall remind the passengers to empty the service dogs’ poop bags beforehand.

6. Disabled passengers shall bear full responsibility for the service dogs they carry. Spring Airlines shall not be liable for any injury, illness or death of the service dogs during transportation, unless caused by the Company itself.

7. The food and utensils for service dogs brought into the cabin do not occupy the free baggage allowance.

8. Service dogs to be brought into the cabin shall be tied with a leash before boarding, and shall not occupy seats or run around freely in the cabin. Disabled persons may not be required to muzzle their service dogs when consent is obtained from passengers within the service dogs' activity area.

9. For those meeting international carriage conditions, an entry or transit permit and other documents required by the relevant country shall also be provided (specific requirements shall be subject to the detailed regulations of the relevant country).

III. Pushchairs

Infant passengers have no free baggage allowance, but one pushchair can be checked in free of charge; For child and adult passengers, if a pushchair needs to be checked in, the fee shall be calculated by weight. The part exceeding the free baggage allowance (weight) shall be charged an excess fee according to the actual excess weight.

IV. Golf equipment/ski gear/fishing gear

Golf equipment/ski gear/fishing gear shall be handled as normal checked baggage.

V. Precision instruments, electrical appliances, musical instruments, etc.

1. "Precision instruments" include high-tech instruments with automation, digitization, intelligentization, integration, and multi-dimension and dynamic measurement functions, such as precision measuring instruments, precision astronomical observation instruments, precision remote sensing instruments, precision measurement and control instruments, and precision medical instruments. Common precision instruments include various water quality analysis instruments, environmental test instruments, microscopes, pipettes, incubators, drying equipment, balances, spectrometers, chromatographic analyzers, test chambers, lab materials, experimental instruments, life science instruments, optical instruments, dehumidification and purification instruments, physical property measurement instruments, food test instruments, drug test instruments, textile instruments, petroleum instruments, medical devices, etc.

2. "Electrical appliances" generally refer to all electrically powered appliances. Professionally speaking, they mainly refer to electrical devices, equipment, and elements used to make and break circuits, and transform circuit parameters, so as to realize the control, regulation, switching, test, and protection of circuits or electrical equipment. From a general perspective, they mainly refer to some electrical equipment commonly used in households to provide convenience for life, such as televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, desktop computers, various small household appliances, etc.

3. "Musical instruments" refer to instruments that can produce musical sounds and be used for the re-creation of musical art. Musical instruments are divided into two categories: national instruments and western instruments, mainly including trombone, cello, violin, erhu, pipa, guzheng, suona, trombone, trumpet, French horn, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, electronic organ, piano, accordion, harp, electric guitar, etc.

4. If precision instruments, electrical appliances, musical instruments, etc. comply with Spring Airlines' regulations on carry-on baggage, passengers may bring them into the cabin and keep the items by themselves. If the weight or size exceeds the carry-on allowance, passengers may purchase an extra seat ticket for the items, bring them into the cabin as seat-occupying baggage, keep them by themselves, and assume sole responsibility for their custody. If they are carried as checked baggage, the following requirements shall be met:

a) Each item shall not exceed 50 kg and 32 kg in weight for domestic routes and international/regional routes respectively, and 40 cm x 60 cm x 100 cm in size.

b) Precision instruments, electrical appliances, musical instruments, etc. must be with the original package or the package for checked baggage required by Spring Airlines. It is suggested that passengers use cardboard boxes with fillings inside to prevent unnecessary damage caused by lateral movement during transportation.

c) The weight of precision instruments, electrical appliances, musical instruments, etc. can be included in the free baggage allowance.

VI. Folding wheelchairs/electric wheelchairs

1. Folding wheelchairs and electric wheelchairs are used as walking aids by passengers with limited mobility.

2. Electric wheelchairs must be transported as checked baggage. If the size of a folding wheelchair exceeds the regulations for non-checked baggage, or there is no storage facility or space in the cabin, the folding wheelchair shall be transported as checked baggage.

3. Electric wheelchairs are powered by batteries, and the storage batteries or lithium batteries used in them have certain risks during transportation. When an electric wheelchair is checked, it must comply with the requirements for battery-powered wheelchairs or mobility aids in Spring Airlines' dangerous goods transportation terms. Additionally, if a disabled passenger needs to check his/her electric wheelchair, he/she shall arrive at the airport 2 hours before the check-in deadline for ordinary passengers.

VII. Bicycles

Bicycles shall be transported as cargo. If a passenger insists on transporting his/her bicycle as checked baggage, the following conditions shall be met: 

1. The bicycle must be properly packaged. 

2. For non-folding bicycles, the handlebars shall be rotated 90 degrees and fixed, the pedals removed, and the wheels removed and firmly tied to the body. Folding bicycles shall be folded and tied firmly. The tires must be deflated. 

3. The weight of bicycles can be included in the free baggage allowance.

VIII. Cremains

1. If the outer packaging of the cinerary casket and the emotions of the passenger who carries the cinerary casket don't result in other passengers' awareness and disgust, the casket is allowed to be brought into cabin for transportation upon request.

2. Spring Airlines only accepts the responsibility of normal checked baggage if cremains are carried as checked baggage.

3. Checked cremains shall be put into a sealed urn or casket which is enclosed in wooden box attached with a liner, with a piece of cloth covered at the outermost layer.

IX. Personal entertainment devices/assistance devices/electronic devices

1. Spring Airlines prohibits the carriage of any electronic equipment which may interfere with aircraft communication and navigation during flight, excluding personal entertainment devices/assistance devices/electronic devices.

2. Spring Airlines reserves the right to require passengers to check or refuse the carriage of any personal entertainment devices/assistance devices/electronic devices.
3. Passengers taking Spring Airlines flights may carry the following items by themselves:
(a) Tactile sticks, typoscopes, and glasses carried by sight impaired passengers;
(b) Mobility aids carried by disabled passengers, including crutches, artificial limbs, electric artificial limbs, etc.;
(c) Hearing aids carried by hearing and speech impaired passengers, including cochlear implants and hearing devices;
(d) Electric shavers, cardiac pacemakers (including implanted cardiac pacemakers with trace amounts of radioactive elements like polonium);
(e) Radios without FM bands;
(f) Tape recorders;
(g) Cameras;
(h) Handheld video game consoles;