Summer ‘24 was set to be the season of limitless liquids at UK airports. No more decanting your shampoo into tiny see-through bottles, panic-buying miniature toothpastes or seeing your favourite perfume chucked in the bin.
The government had set June 2024 as a deadline for airports to install new tech and ditch the 100ml liquid rule. Alas, it looks like most airports won’t be ready to do that until 2025. But there are a smug few that have hit the original deadline. And now, Aberdeen International Airport has joined those ranks.
The end of the limit is thanks to some swanky new tech involving 3D CT scanners. It means that eventually all airports will allow you to travel with up to two litres of water, toiletries, wine and such-like in your hand luggage. The tech will also mean that you won’t need to remove laptops at security.
William Wallace, Aberdeen Airport security manager, said: ‘We are delighted to have the NGSC scanners operational at Aberdeen.
‘We are well ahead of the deadline set by the government thanks to all the hard work from our staff and contractors.’
Teeside Airport and London City Airport have ditched the rule already, while Birmingham International, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool and Bradford are all on track to be ready by June.
It feels like the 100ml rule has been around forever, but it’s actually only existed since 2006, after British police caught wind of a plot to smuggle explosives disguised as soft drinks onto transatlantic flights.
Obviously, if you’re gonna bring loads of liquid with you, you’ll need to know what the rules are on the other side. Double check with our list of all the European airports scrapping the 100ml liquid rule to make sure you don’t end up binning your big bottles of liquid on the way home.
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