Can you take candles on a Ryanair flight?

[BellissimoGecko]

Hand luggage. Anyone know? Ta!

Why wouldn't you be able to?

As long as you don't light them.

presuming not lit

of course you can

Sky scanner says no candles as they are counted as a liquid.

I was hoping to find if anyone had actually taken candles on a Ryanair flight, not guesses!

I bought a candle at gatwick airport for my sister

Yes I have taken candles

I don’t know why you want to take candles but I always take the battery operated ones.

Ah, thank you! If you can buy candles at an airport, it should be ok to take them on a plane.

Ds is taking them as a gift for his girlfriend...

That doesn’t make sense. You can buy 1 litre of whisky at the airport but can’t take it through security.

You can only buy whisky after you've gone through security.

You can buy water at an airport but you can't take it on a plane unless you bought it at the airport.

The issue is will security stop you taking candles through.

You need to go to the horses’s mouth for stuff like this, so for the Uk that’s the CAA or UK gov.

The Uk CAA position on this is that solid wax candles are permitted, Gel type candles fall under the liquid and gels rules so may not be permitted.

It’s detailed in this document:

https://www.caa.co.uk/publication/download/16116

Was going to say the same thing - solid wax fine, gel not.

as clear as day

”solid wax candles are permitted”

but Gel type candles fall under liquid, aerosol and gel restrictions and therefore may not be carried if they are over 100ml in volume.

https://www.caa.co.uk/publication/download/16116#:~:text=details%20Solid%20wax%20candles%20are,are%20over%20100ml%20in%20volume.

Thank you so much, @notimagain! Is the 2017 edition the most recent?

I did NB the date and looked for anything more recent before posting - couldn’t find one,

Thank you! 🙏

Permitted Items On Board – Ryanair Help Centre

@BellissimoGecko Ryanair’s page for prohibited items says:

• Explosives and flammable substances (that is any explosive or highly combustible substance that poses a risk to the health of passengers and crew or the security/safety of aircraft or property);

I would take that as a no since candles are flammable… depends how strictly they interpret it.

Well only if you light them with a flame, same as paper, hair, wood, clothes etc. I think when they say flammable they mean things which could self ignite from a spark like lighter fluid.

I was pointing out that just because you can buy something at an airport doesn't mean you can take it through security. The OP seemed to think it was OK to take candles simply because you can buy them at the airport.

I've seen people have bagsful of Chanel perfume confiscated at security. Also once someone trying to get through with 4 litres of whisky. I'm a frequent flyer for work, twice a week.

Interpretation is the problem here..

If you look at the full list of items that are allowed on board many are flammable to some degree e.g. some types of matches, some types of lighters (with caveats about where they are carried), alcohol, at a push paper…..

The authorities really worry about items that are either going to make a big bang (so no explosives or items that have the potential to make explosions) or may support a sizeable fire (petrol, liquid fuels).

Wax candles themselves are pretty inert which is probably why the generic rules Uk at least allow carriage, though I guess it has to be pointed out on the day the OP might run into a security operator who interprets the rules differently to me.

This is not really a rule.
Lots of things aren’t allowed through security but you can buy on the other side.
For something like candles you’d probably be fine though. If they get confiscated they get confiscated but you won’t get in any trouble for it.

For something like candles you’d probably be fine though. If they get confiscated they get confiscated but you won’t get in any trouble for it.

Agree.

Just for context here few people bat an eye at taking their mobile phone/laptop/tablet on board yet the rechargeable batteries in those things have the potential to be far more of a fire risk than a box of wax candles..