Popular European airport scraps strict rules to make it much easier to travel

ANOTHER European airport is scrapping strict liquid rules, making it much easier to travel.

Currently, holidaymakers have to take out all of their liquids at security, which are restricted to 100ml.

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The restrictions were introduced back in 2006 after a thwarted terror attack at Heathrow Airport using liquid explosives.

However, new technology at Rome Fiumicino Airport no longer requires Brits to restrict their toiletries and other liquids.

The airport has rolled out new C3-standard Explosive Detection System Cabin Baggage (EDS-CB) screening equipment, according to Simple Flying, at Terminal 1.

This means passengers can travel with unrestricted liquids, while leaving them in their hand luggage.

In a statement, the airport said: “A hi-tech revolution is taking place at Fiumicino Airport, where security checks before boarding, at Terminal One, are even quicker and easier.

“Thanks to a technology that performs a real ‘CT scan’, passengers are now able to carry liquids even larger than 100ml in their hand luggage, as well as computers, tablets and mobile phones without having to remove separate them from their suitcases.”

The new security systems are being rolled out in Terminal 3 too, although passengers heading to the US will be excluded.

It’s not just Rome where the rules are being eased.

Spanish airport authority Aena has confirmed that they are easing the rules that make passengers have to take their liquids and electronics out of your bag.

The new technology will be rolled out at Barcelona and Madrid Airport first, followed by all other Spanish airports including Ibiza and Tenerife.

UK airports are ditching the ban on liquids over 100ml.

Luton Airport has confirmed that 12 advanced CT bag scanners are to be installed at its security gates by the end of the year.

This will will allow passengers to carry up to two litres of liquids, and keep them in their bags.

And London City Airport trialled the technology last month during half-term.

Heathrow and Gatwick are also starting to bring the scanners in as airports look to make security more efficient for passengers.

John Holland-Kay, boss of Heathrow airport, told The Times: “We have just started the expansion of the security area in Terminal 3 which will have more CT scanners and have a deadline of mid-2024 from the DFT. 

“By then the normal passenger experience will be that liquids stay in bags”.

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