The frames
Seventeen boxes, as each airline publishes them.
Length, width and depth in centimetres, with the cabin weight allowance and the piece count beside it. Read from the airlines' own cabin baggage pages in October 2026. Every one of them can change without notice, and the airline's figure wins over this page.
AK Kuala Lumpur · all A320 routes
AirAsia
The frame that most of the region flies with, and the one the shelf is measured against first.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Both pieces weighed together at the gate
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
D7 Kuala Lumpur · widebody
AirAsia X
Same frame as the narrowbody fleet, which makes a bag that clears one clear the other.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Both pieces weighed together at the gate
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
MH Kuala Lumpur · all routes
Malaysia Airlines
Economy allowance. Business class raises the weight, not the frame.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- The cabin bag is weighed at check-in on some fares
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
FY Subang · ATR 72 turboprop
Firefly
The smallest frame on this page. An ATR overhead bin is not an A320 bin, and the airline says so plainly.
- Frame
- 40 × 30 × 20 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag only
- Weighing
- Weighed at the aircraft steps on full flights
- Bags that clear
- 4 of 12
OD Kuala Lumpur · narrowbody
Batik Air Malaysia
The frame follows the regional narrowbody standard, so the shelf applies without change.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag
- Weighing
- Weighed at the gate on selected fares
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
TR Singapore · low-cost
Scoot
Two centimetres shorter but two wider than the regional standard, and three kilos heavier.
- Frame
- 54 × 38 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 10 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Hand baggage weighed at the boarding gate
- Bags that clear
- 8 of 12
3K Singapore · low-cost
Jetstar Asia
The combined weight is the part travellers miss: a 2 kg handbag counts against the seven.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Both pieces weighed together
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
SQ Singapore · full service
Singapore Airlines
Economy allowance. The frame is the same shape the low-cost carriers use.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Rarely weighed outside the gate check
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
TG Bangkok · full service
Thai Airways
Economy allowance. Premium cabins open the frame to 56 x 36 x 23 with more weight.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag
- Weighing
- Weighed when the gate asks for volunteers to check bags
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
VN Hanoi · full service
Vietnam Airlines
The same box as the region, with five more kilos inside it than AirAsia allows.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 12 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag
- Weighing
- Weighed at check-in on some fares
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
5J Manila · low-cost
Cebu Pacific
A gate fee follows a bag that does not fit, which is why the frame matters more than the kilos here.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag
- Weighing
- Weighed at the gate, with a fee for the excess
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
GA Jakarta · full service
Garuda Indonesia
Economy allowance on the regional fleet.
- Frame
- 56 × 36 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Rarely weighed
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
EK Dubai · long haul
Emirates
Deeper and wider than the regional box but two centimetres shorter, so a tall trolley can fail here and pass at home.
- Frame
- 55 × 38 × 20 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Weighed at the gate on full flights
- Bags that clear
- 9 of 12
QR Doha · long haul
Qatar Airways
The shortest frame on the page at 50 cm, and the deepest at 25.
- Frame
- 50 × 37 × 25 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Weighed at the gate
- Bags that clear
- 8 of 12
TK Istanbul · long haul
Turkish Airlines
A 40 cm width, which is four centimetres more than AirAsia allows and the reason a wide backpack can fail at home and pass here.
- Frame
- 55 × 40 × 23 cm
- Weight
- 8 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Weighed at the gate on some routes
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12
NH Tokyo · long haul
ANA
The most generous box on the page, and the one most likely to spoil a traveller for the flight home.
- Frame
- 55 × 40 × 25 cm
- Weight
- 10 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Weighed at check-in
- Bags that clear
- 11 of 12
KE Seoul · long haul
Korean Air
Ten kilos but a 20 cm depth, so a deep bag can clear the weight and fail the box.
- Frame
- 55 × 40 × 20 cm
- Weight
- 10 kg
- Pieces
- One cabin bag, plus one personal item
- Weighing
- Weighed at check-in
- Bags that clear
- 10 of 12