Can you take mangoes on a flight from Hurghada, and does a mango box count as part of your carry-on allowance?

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TL;DR

You can usually take mangoes on flights out of Hurghada, but they count toward your airline’s carry-on weight and piece allowance. A separate 2–5 kg mango box is often treated as an extra item unless it fits inside your allowed cabin bag.

What the community said

For bringing fruit into Russia, the allowance is up to 5 kg per person. Mangoes can be checked in, but carriage conditions may also depend on the airline and the airport staff on duty.

21 days ago Up to 5 kg of fruit per person

Travelers returning from Ramal report that Mango Market packs mangoes into a convenient box suitable for carry-on if you simply ask — the box is then taken on the plane as hand luggage.

Mango Market, Ramal

The most practical rule is to treat mangoes as part of your carry-on: if you bring them in a separate box, staff will usually count that as one cabin bag item, not a free extra. For 2–5 kg, you need to stay within your airline’s weight and piece limits.

2–5 kg carry-on

If you already have a standard cabin suitcase, it is safer to pack the mangoes inside it rather than carry a separate fruit box. On Aeroflot, a separate mango box may be treated as a second carry-on item even if it weighs only about 3 kg.

Aeroflot, about 3 kg

From travelers’ experience on flights from Egypt, people often carried mangoes on AlMasria and Red Sea without problems, but the main issue was still the baggage format: fruit in a separate box is more likely to be questioned than fruit packed inside your permitted bag.

AlMasria, Red Sea