Airport 100ml Liquid Rule could cause delays and confusion, because passengers now allowed to two liters in some locations – so what are the limitations?

The air passengers of Groot -Britain could be confronted this summer with longer queues and confusion after some airports started to lift the 100 ml limitation on hand luggage fluids.

Those traveling from Birmingham And Edinburgh Can now take up to two liters of liquid in their cabinet bags after both airports have changed their rules in the past week.

But all other British airports still have the limitation of 100 ml – just like most in continental Europe, which means that British will not be able to bring larger liquids into hand luggage.

More airports can follow the lead of Birmingham and Edinburgh in the coming months, but every hub can set its own scale and communicate the change with passengers – which leads to fear of confusion and longer guard to get through security.

A source of an airline told The Times that the timing was ‘absurd and this summer would inevitably cause extra queues and confusion’, and added: ‘Given most people did not know about the change and do 100 ml anyway, it is difficult to follow the logic of allowing individual airports to have different rules for the busiest period of the year.’

The 100ml rule arrived for the first time in 2006 in 2006 after a thwarted terror plot to blow up aircraft that of flying London To the US with homemade liquid bombs.

All major British airports were required by the Department for Transport (DFT) to bring in the next generation of security control points (NGSCs) this summer, which create a 3D image of what is in the bags of passengers and would enable them to scrap the rule.

The new scanners – which replace old technology that only produced a 2D image – also end the need for laptops and tablets to be removed from hand luggage.

But the rollout was hampered by the installation of the technology that turned out to be very complicated, after the proposed changes were first revealed at the end of 2022.

The government had told airports to install the scanners with which liquids of up to two liters would be stored in hand luggage when passengers go through security.

A Deadline of December 2022 for most major airports to use the new CT scanners was initially established in August 2019 by the then Prime Minister Minister Boris Johnson.

But after the aviation industry had had enormous disruption as a result of coronavirus travel restrictions, the government established a new date of 1 June 2024 in December 2022.

Smaller airports such as London City, London Southend, Tesside, Newcastle, Leeds-Bradford and Aberdeen have satisfied on time and let the old liquid rules fall as a result of installing the technology-in the case of City Airport, already in the spring of 2023.

But larger airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester missed the deadline due to logistical challenges – largely due to delays for supply chain and building difficulties caused by the weight of the machines.

Subsequently, in June last year, the DFT unexpectedly announced that the old rule – only the allowance of liquids, gels and pastas would be taken under 100 ml by security – would be restored.

The government was the moment it had suspended the plan to lift the limitation to two liters as a ‘temporary measure’.

Yesterday, Time Reported that the DFT told the airports in May of this year that the general restriction would be lifted and that every airport could relieve the rules as soon as the scanners were installed and approved.

Birmingham announced last Wednesday that it was the 100 ml rule, while Edinburgh said the same yesterday.

Julia Lo Bue-Said, Chief Executive of the Advantage Travel Partnership, MailOnline told: ‘Removing the 100 ml of liquid rules for passengers is a positive step forward for flying trips, but having individual airports that have their own time lines to raise the 100 ml restrictions on fluid and will in the will in the summer, will in the summer and will in the summer fabrics and will in the willy fabrics and will in the summer fabrics and will in the summer fabrics and will be in the sides of the fluid fabrics and will in the summer fabrics and will in the summer fabrics and will in the stuffs and will in the stuffs and will in the stuffs and will in fluid fabrics and will in the summer fabrics and will in the stuffs and will in the stuffs and will in a fluid fabrics and the Admissions.

‘The slow rollout has already led to confusion and frustration and travelers will probably be stumbled if the rules continue to change as a short term and vary for different airports.

“It is clear that all airports are not ready to introduce these new rules at the same time, and we would encourage all British airports to collect with the government to ensure that there are very clear messages about the rules, to prevent confusion and delays where possible.”

She advised passengers to check the rules that are present for the airport where they from rooms for traveling, adding: “It is also important that travelers are aware of the rules of the airport where they return, because they can differ.”

Travel expert Nicky Kelvin, editor-in-large The points manMailOnline told: ‘British who travel abroad this summer must be aware that the new security scanners are not yet in place in every British airport or airports around the world.

“Even where they are in operation, most airports still maintain the 100 ml limit, so they have to check ahead to prevent problems flying or back to the UK.”

He advised passengers to stay informed of developments in the field of new security rules, as well as buying products at full size of retailers on the other side of security.

Mr Kelvin added that passengers can take an empty travel water bottle with you instead of one that is full of liquid that is purchased for security.

He pointed out that some are even foldable to save space, and more airports have installed water bottle filling stations next to drinking fountains to make your own more convenient.

A spokesperson for Airportsuk, the trade organ for the airports of Groot -Britain, said MailOnline: ‘Aviation security procedures on liquids are evolving and this change will take place at different times at different airports.

‘While the transition takes place, we recommend all passengers to continue to check the security schemes at every airport they travel through.

‘We would emphasize that this is about returning airports abroad and those in the UK, because rules will also evolve there.

“Security is the most important priority at all our airports, and the measures on liquid limits only change where it is correct to do this, while ensuring that air travel remains just as safe as it is.”

The airport of Edinburgh confirmed yesterday that it had become the first hub in Scotland to lift the 100ml -liquid rule – and travelers will now be able to take containers of up to two liters in their hand luggage.

The airport said that the eight new X-ray scanners of the top-of-the-range has installed as part of an investment of £ 24 million to transform its security.

Gordon Dewar, Chief Executive of Edinburgh Airport, said: ‘This is a big day for our passengers and the airport team – we are delighted to lift this rule and really transform the entire security process, making it easier for everyone.

‘A whole generation of travelers have only known the 100ml rule as the case, so it is really a memorable day because we become the first airport in Scotland that cancel the rule because it was introduced in 2006.

‘The change offers more flexibility for passengers to go through liquids through security, while maintaining and improving our high safety levels through the use of 3D technology.

“But it is important that passengers continue to check with the situation at their return port, because not all airports will not leave 100 ml yet.”

Edinburgh Airport now has eight security strips – an increase in two via the project – using equipment supplied by Smiths Detection.

Birmingham Airport confirmed last Wednesday that it had lifted the limitation.

The scanners were installed last summer, before the government has re -imposed the liquid rule of 100 ml – but this was lifted for the technology supplier at the airport.

A spokeswoman for Birmingham Airport today told MailOnline: ‘Birmingham Airport now enables passengers to travel with a maximum of two liters of liquids, after a change in government rules.

‘Passengers can now wear liquid, pasta and gelfs lessons up to two liters in their hand luggage without having to extract their bags.

‘This change will make a faster and more efficient processing of hand luggage possible, after the £ 60 million investment in equipment and infrastructure last year.

“We are happy that passengers can now benefit from this change in the ruling, by the government on time for the Summer Peak.”