Guides

Taking Ashes on a Virgin Atlantic Flight: A Complete Guide

Yes, you can take cremated ashes on a Virgin Atlantic flight. Virgin Atlantic allows ashes in cabin baggage only, in a non-metallic urn, with copies of the death and cremation certificates. Unlik...

Taking Ashes on an Air India Flight: A Complete Guide

Yes, you can take cremated ashes on an Air India flight. Air India allows cremated remains in either cabin or checked baggage and is the most commonly used direct UK-India carrier for asthi visar...

Taking Ashes on a Qatar Airways Flight: A Complete Guide

Yes, you can take cremated ashes on a Qatar Airways flight. Qatar Airways allows cremated remains in either cabin or checked baggage, with a non-metallic urn and copies of the death and cremation...

Taking Ashes on an Emirates Flight: A Complete Guide

Yes, you can take cremated ashes on an Emirates flight. Emirates is more flexible than most airlines: cremated remains are allowed in either cabin or checked baggage. The urn must be non-metallic...

Taking Ashes from the UK to India: A Complete Guide

Taking a loved one's ashes from the UK to India is, for many Hindu and Sikh families, the final and most meaningful journey of the funeral process. The sacred immersion of cremated remains in the...

Taking Ashes from the UK to Ireland: A Complete Guide

Taking a loved one's ashes from the UK to Ireland is one of the simplest international ash journeys you can make. The Common Travel Area between the UK and Ireland keeps the formalities light, th...

Taking Ashes from the UK to Australia: A Complete Guide

Taking a loved one's ashes from the UK to Australia is permitted, and from a biosecurity standpoint Australia is unusually relaxed about cremated remains. The Australian Border Force imposes no s...

Taking Ashes from the UK to the USA: A Complete Guide

Taking a loved one's ashes from the UK to the USA is allowed and, in some respects, simpler than to most other countries. The CDC does not impose specific federal requirements on cremated remains...

Taking Ashes from the UK to Spain: A Complete Guide

Taking a loved one's ashes from the UK to Spain is permitted and, for thousands of UK families each year, deeply meaningful. Spain is the most common international destination for UK families tra...

Taking Ashes on a Jet2 Flight: A Complete Guide

Yes, you can take cremated ashes on a Jet2 flight. Jet2 allows ashes in cabin (hand) baggage only, with a non-metallic urn and the original death certificate. Jet2 also explicitly allows pet and ...