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The restrictions on liquids in carry-on baggage remain


Government retreat on 3D scanners welcome


Analysis: Ian Taylor says the DfT’s deadline extension reduces risk of chaos Travel Weekly reported in February


The government extension of its June 1 deadline for airports to install the latest 3D security scanners at airports was a welcome clarification. Wholesale use of the CT


(computer tomography) scanners at airports would remove the 100ml restrictions on liquids in carry-on baggage and the need for passengers to remove liquids and laptops from bags at security. An end to the restrictions, in place


since 2006, would be welcome. But the deadline threatened inconsistent


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application of the rules through the summer because the scanners will not be universally in place – a point airports have been making to the Department for Transport (DfT) for months. Inconsistent rules would inevitably


mean confused messaging and risk queues and chaos at security if large volumes of passengers turned up with bags full of normal-sized toiletries. The government was resistant


to postponing the deadline, which transport secretary Mark Harper announced in December 2022, having recently come into the role.


that the DfT was resisting pressure to push back the deadline despite most of the UK’s biggest airports seeking extensions or “alleviations” and Jet2 chief executive Steve Heapy warning of “massive disruption and turmoil”. A senior aviation source told


Travel Weekly: “If it had been up to the industry, we wouldn’t have the deadline. [But] the government made great play of this, saying ‘The era of


Continued on page 46 travelweekly.co.uk


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