{"id":8795,"date":"2026-02-13T09:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.airseadg.com\/en-us\/?p=8795"},"modified":"2026-07-21T03:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:09:28","slug":"2026-iata-battery-guidance-document","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airseadg.com\/en-us\/industry-news-regs\/2026-iata-battery-guidance-document\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 IATA Battery Guidance Document"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IATA have released an updated battery guidance document revised for the 2026 regulations.<\/p>\n<p>There have been significant changes to the document when compared to\u00a0 the 2025 edition.<\/p>\n<p>You can access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airseadg.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/lithium-battery-guidance-document-2026.pdf\">lithium-battery-guidance-document 2026<\/a>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airseadg.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/IATA-2026-Battery-Guidance-Document-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.airseadg.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/IATA-2026-Battery-Guidance-Document-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.airseadg.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/IATA-2026-Battery-Guidance-Document-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.airseadg.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/IATA-2026-Battery-Guidance-Document-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.airseadg.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/IATA-2026-Battery-Guidance-Document.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>View our range of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airseadg.com\/en-us\/product\/category\/lithium-battery-packaging\/\">lithium battery packaging<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IATA have released an updated battery guidance document revised for the 2026 regulations. 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