Third UK airport scraps 100ml liquid rule for hand luggage as more to follow

A third UK airport has now lifted hand luggage restrictions on laptops and liquids in time for summer.

Aberdeen International Airport is the latest airport to remove the requirement for passengers to limit liquids in hand luggage to 100ml and place them in clear plastic bags. The move follows the introduction of new scanners across the country, although the government has expressed frustration at missed deadlines for their implementation this summer.

Aberdeen International Airport now allows passengers to keep laptops and liquids in their bags when going through security. It follows similar changes at Teesside and London City airports, where queue times have been reduced by 50 per cent due to the elimination of manual bag checks.

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The installation of Next Generation Security Checkpoint (NGSC) Scanners means that the previous 100ml liquid rule is no longer applicable, with departing passengers now able to carry bottles containing up to two litres in their hand luggage. Passengers will also be able to keep electrical items like laptops in their carry-on bags when they pass through the new 3D scanners.

However, earlier this month it was revealed that the planned nationwide relaxation of rules around airline passengers carrying liquids in hand luggage has been delayed by a year. The government has granted extensions to several large UK airports unable to meet its June 1 deadline to fully install the new scanning technology.

For airports which have not yet implemented the new scanners, the 100ml limit remains in place and containers must be placed in clear plastic bags.

The initial deadline for most major