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Airport security 100ml liquid rule to finally be scrapped

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Updated 07:32 15 Dec 2022 GMTPublished 07:28 15 Dec 2022 GMT

Airport security 100ml liquid rule to finally be scrapped

The current rule has been in place since 2006

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

After years of desperately trying to fit all of your toiletries into a teeny, tiny plastic bag, airports are set to scrap the rule that limits liquids to 100ml.

Every day in life we go about using shampoo bottles, moisturiser, deodorant and toothpaste from bottles created to human scale; ones which contain enough product to see us through more than a couple of days.

And yet for some reason, when we go on holiday and need to account for suncream, aftersun and everything else you want to pack 'just in case', we're restricted to minuscule versions of these products.

Liquids currently have to be placed in plastic bags.
David Gee 4 / Alamy Stock Photo

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Not only that, but you have to carefully select your items to ensure they fit into bags which I'm fairly certain are only designed to hold sandwiches.

While some travellers have mastered the art of the 100ml rule, others regularly find themselves waving goodbye to their beloved perfumes, lip balms and hairsprays that just didn't make the cut. Well, not any more.

The government has now set a deadline of June 2024 for most UK airports to install new high-tech 3D scanners which are able to offer up more detailed images of what customers are packing in their bags.

The new scanners will eradicate the need for travellers to remove some electrical items, such as laptops, from bags, and allow the liquid rule to be increased to two litres.

Potentially more than we know what to do with, but we'll take it.

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It comes after a previous installation deadline was pushed back due to the pandemic, with the legislation being phased in across the country over the next two years.

Customers will be able to carry liquids up to two litres.
Home Bird / Alamy Stock Photo

Commenting on the announcement, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the new technology would reduce queue times and improve the 'passenger experience, and most importantly detecting potential threats'.

Christopher Snelling, policy director at the Airport Operators Association, which represents UK airports, described the investment as a 'great step forward for UK air travel, matching the best in class around the world', adding: "It will make the journey through the UK's airports easier and air travel itself more pleasant."

Current rules, including removing electrical items and limiting liquids to 100ml, will remain in place at airports that have not yet upgraded their scanners.

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However, with the new ruling now in place, you might only have to deal with those dreaded plastic bags a handful of times before you're free to take all the shampoo and conditioner you can handle - if what you can handle is two litres.

Featured Image Credit: Michal Hlavica / Alamy Stock Photo / Jaromír Chalabala / Alamy Stock Photo/

Topics: Travel, UK News, Technology

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is the Community Desk Lead at LADbible Group. Emily first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route. She went on to graduate with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University before contributing to The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Student Problems. She joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features, and now works as Community Desk Lead to commission and write human interest stories from across the globe.

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