Emirates airline has announced that it will be withdrawing its 10kg extra baggage allowance for economy class passengers from 1st February 2011.
Emirates said in the statement that passengers with tickets booked prior to 1st February 2011 would still get the old allowance, but that the new rule applies to both commercial passengers and Emirates airline staff.
The revised baggage allowance as per the statement is 30kg for economy class, 40kg for business class and 50kg for first-class passengers.