Airport 100ml liquid limit scrappage delay to 2025
Were you hoping that the 100ml liquid limit at airports would be scrapped before your summer holidays? Well due to UK Airport scanner delays, the liquid limit scrappage will not take place this summer. For more information on this and when you can expect the new scheme to come into place, stay where you are.
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00:00 The 100ml liquid limit at airports is set to remain for the time being as Britain's
00:06 biggest airports are to miss the June deadline to install new security scanners. This means
00:11 that the government will not be able to relax the ban on passengers carrying liquids in
00:15 their hand luggage over summer. Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester Airports Group have
00:19 said that they hope to complete the upgrade of their scanners by 2025. These scanners,
00:24 which use CT scans to provide clearer and more accurate images, are already in use at
00:30 airports like London City and Teesside. Here, passengers are not required to remove laptops
00:34 or liquid containers from hand luggage. The Department for Transport is not expected to
00:39 change its rules to allow up to 2 litre bottles until all airports are fully compliant. It's
00:45 hoped that this new technology will speed up security. Restrictions on liquids were
00:49 originally introduced in 2006 after a plot to blow up a transatlantic flight was uncovered.