Emirate Airline

check the website for up to date information.
https://www.emirates.com/english/before-you-fly/baggage/cabin-baggage-rules.aspx
European and global servers are not as patient with baggage that people cannot manage by themselves or will be liability issues if they fall out of the overhead bins. This has happened and when they get sued for passenger injuries, they reduce luggage allowances.

Yes, that is the carry-on rule and bags were weighed on my flight out of Seattle. You might as well plan to check a bag.

Seven kgs is increasingly common on flights. Why crazy? It is a safety measure to avoid potential accidents.

thanks for the info. 7kg is great, what is strange is not being able to bring a personal item to hold a wallet, passport, kindle, lip balm for a 10 hour flight. instead you have to juggle that upon getting on the plane, wear a jacket to stuff it all in, or continually bother the person next to you to access.

This is what I did in a similar situation. I stuffed my small “personal item” (with all the things I needed during the flight) inside the carry-on. Once I was on the plane I pulled it out before putting the carry-on above me. Now I had easy access to the personal item. No problem.

A flight attendant on Turkish Air told me a horrifying story about heavy items on planes. On one of his flights, a passenger dropped a way-to-heavy/big suitcase while getting it out of the overhead, it fell on a baby and KILLED the baby. So check the luggage!

OMG that is terrible about the baby!
People do try and bring waayy too much stuff onboard. I always travel light and can lift the bag up and down with one hand. I am sure this will all work out. Good suggestion on the small item in bigger item. Thought of that as well

I flew on Emirates from JFK to Milan in 2014 and twice last year. It is a lovely airline. Fantastic service, good food and comfy seats even in standard economy.
Yes they weighed my carryon bag and my personal item - which is always a daypack. So other than the weight restrictions, the carryon rules are the same as US airlines.
Enjoy!