British Airways ban on carrying surfboards between Gatwick and Newquay Airports

Surfers are calling on British Airways to reverse a ban on carrying boards which is due to start on 6 November and include BA flights between London Gatwick and Newquay in Cornwall which is one of the UK's main surfing destinations.

BA says that due to handling complexities it will no longer carry surfboards, hang-gliders, javelins, canoes and pole vaults. Members of the Newquay-based British Surfing Association (BSA) are appealing against the decision and have said they find it extremely hard to believe that the average surfboard would be more difficult to handle than a double bass.