Major airport is set to axe 100ml liquid hand luggage rule in time for summer school holidays - but others are set to miss June 2024 deadline By Elly Blake Published: 11:17 BST, 31 May 2024 | Updated: 11:41 BST, 31 May 2024 e-mail 8 View comments Another major airport is set to ditch the 100ml liquid rule in time for the school summer holidays, but others are set to miss the June 2024 deadline. Airports in the UK are getting ready to introduce new luggage scanners that will mean passengers no longer have to remove liquids and electronic items from their bags . Current rules state that liquids can only be carried in containers of up to 100ml, and came into place in 2006 in the wake of a terror scare.
Bristol Airport has announced plans to ditch the rules, with its new scanners set to be rolled out by June 14, just in time for the summer school holidays. This means tight restrictions around 100ml liquids will be scrapped, allowing travellers to take more with them when they travel both abroad and domestically. The West Country airport has spent £11.
5m on the new devices, with every British airline given the deadline of this summer. Bristol Airport has announced plans to ditch the rules, with its new scanners set to be rolled out by June 14, just in time for the summer school holidays It is hoped the new technology will shorten queues seen at airports. Pictured: Bristol Airport during the Easter getaway rush Graeme Gamble, chief operating officer at Bristol Airport, told Bristo.