100ml liquid limits at airport ‘must BE REDUCED’: Hated rules preventing passengers from bringing large quantities of drinks and toiletries on board ‘will be introduced in major UK airports by summer 2024 once updated scanners are installed’, report says

The restriction on carrying more than 100ml of liquid through airport security will reportedly be “removed” by the summer of 2024.

For the first time since 2006, regulations banning passengers from taking drink and toiletry containers larger than 100ml on board flights are being lifted at major UK airports.

Passengers no longer have to remove laptops from their hand luggage through airport security.

The change comes as the country’s biggest airports have been ordered by the Department for Transport (DfT) to install enhanced security CT scanners by mid-2024, reports The Times.

This move should speed up airport security queues, as the longest delays are caused by passengers not removing items from their bags or carrying bottled drinks and toiletries that exceed the 100ml limit.

Passengers also no longer have to take laptops out of their hand luggage through airport security (file photo)

Current rules state that electronic devices such as laptops and tablets must be removed from hand luggage by security and all liquids must be placed in containers of 100ml or less and placed in a clear plastic bag.

Liquid containers larger than 100ml were banned from airport security after a planned al-Qaeda terror attack on seven planes departing from Heathrow – using carbon dioxide explosives – was foiled in 2006.

If successful, it would have been the largest al-Qaeda attack on the West since 9/11.

Heathrow, Gatwick and Birmingham airports are trialling the new equipment, which will 3D scan passengers’ luggage and provide security officers with a much more detailed image compared to current 2D scanners.

For the first time since 2006, rules banning passengers from taking drink and toiletry containers larger than 100ml into major UK airports are being lifted. Pictured: Queuing for Heathrow Airport security in April this year

More CT scanners will be installed in the security area of ​​Heathrow’s Terminal 3, airport chief executive John Holland-Kaye told The Times.

He said they were “slowly rolling them out” and that by mid-2024 the “normal passenger experience will be liquids in bags” through airport security.

According to officials, the policy is still being reviewed at the DfT, but no official announcement has been made.

A DfT spokesperson said: “Passengers at UK airports are not allowed to carry liquid containers larger than 100ml through security, and both liquids and electronics must be removed from hand luggage at airport security.”