>>http://www.airsafe.com/danger.htm<<<br><br>I note also that literally the first item on the prohibited list is matches, and it's actually repeated in another category, but I've certainly never heard of anyone having trouble carrying a matchbook on board. After all, it wasn't that long ago that smoking was common on airplanes, and it was back to the beginning of commercial flights.<br><br>I can understand their not being happy with matches in the luggage, especially the fast-vanishing "strike anywhere" kind. I once asked a traditional general store owner for some (Ohio Blue Tips), and he told me that his insurance carrier refused to cover his store with those in it.<br><br>I get the feeling that this page is actually an attempt to summarize some much larger document or documents, and the result confusingly ignores the distinctions between carry-on, checked baggage, and even air freight.<br><br>