CA / CCA airline policy
Air China power-bank flight policy.
Carrier-specific policy evidence for CertiWatt verdicts. This page exposes the policy URL, active rule IDs, citation freshness, and update fields used before a model-route verdict is returned.
- Carrier country
- China
- Policy confidence
- Official source
- Tracked rules
- 1
- Latest evidence
- May 4, 2026
Short answer
Air China is covered by CertiWatt baseline lithium battery rules with active airline/regulator citations.
Policy source
- Official URL
- airchina.com.cn
- April 2026 policy signal
- Not recorded
- Last checked
- May 4, 2026
- Effective from
- Not recorded
- Ruleset
- 2026-05-15
Verdict impact
- Airline rules are evaluated with the model capacity and exact route, not as a standalone approval.
- Citations remain visible on verdict pages so travelers and agents can inspect the policy evidence.
- Final airport acceptance still rests with airline and security staff.
Policy source monitor
Source health is derived from the registered ingest source, latest probe result, and stored content baseline.
- Source ID
- airline-ca
- Cadence
- daily
- Last ingest
- May 30, 2026
- Content status
- verified
- Policy URL
- airchina.com.cn
- Baseline
- a1fe2f9034
- Current fingerprint
- a1fe2f9034
Declared key rules
- ca.policy.2025.3c-marking-required
Policy summary
Traveler-facing policy fields
Air China is covered by CertiWatt baseline lithium battery rules with active airline/regulator citations.
Source quality
Official sourcePolicy fields are backed by a direct airline source or airline-specific citation.
- Citations
- 1
- Latest pull
- May 4, 2026
- Last checked
- May 4, 2026
- Effective from
- Not recorded
- Carry-on
- Allowed when the device stays within capacity, quantity, certification, and recall rules.
- Checked baggage
- Power banks and spare lithium batteries are not modeled as allowed in checked baggage.
- Watt-hour limit
- Baseline model: up to 100 Wh normally allowed; over 160 Wh banned on passenger aircraft.
- Approval required
- Operator approval may be required for larger lithium batteries or airline-specific conditions.
- Quantity limit
- No airline-specific quantity limit is active in the current ruleset.
- Inflight use
- Follow crew instructions and keep the unit accessible.
- Recall handling
- Active affected recalled units are banned when serial/model evidence matches.
- Spare power banks
- Carry-on handling follows baseline lithium battery rules.
Policy rules in the current engine
ca.policy.2025.3c-marking-requiredprecedence 70certification required
certification_requiredCAeffective Jun 28, 2025
Citations and source quality
- Official policy page
- airchina.com.cn
- Source count
- 1
- Source mix
- 1 airline
- Confidence
- Official source
- Latest pulled_at
- May 4, 2026
- Policy last checked
- May 4, 2026
- [01]Air Chinaairlineairchina.com.cn
pulled_at May 4, 2026
Policy change log
Change history
No airline-specific policy change entry is recorded yet. Reviewers should rely on the source freshness and active rules above.
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