Air travel: New EU Regulations for liquid, aerosols and gels

Newsroom 03/02/2014 | 12:29

On January 31, the EU has implemented new rules regarding transport of liquids on aircraft. Travellers can carry sealed duty-free goods from airports outside the EU through airport security checks and onto connecting flights, writes mirror.co.uk.

All duty-free goods purchased at airports outside the EU or travelling onto a connecting flight outside the EU will no longer be confiscated as long as they remain in the sealed container provided when you bought it and you have the receipt.

The airplane liquid ban has been in effect since 2006.

The new rules will have minimal direct impact on EU air passengers as their primary function is to facilitate passengers travelling from/to non-EU airports transferring at EU airports and the LAGs in question are only those purchased (and correctly packaged) at airport shops and on board air carriers, according to airportsinternational.com.

Olivier Jankovec, Director General ACI EUROPE commented: “The new LAGs regime starting today is the fruit of strong cooperation with the European Commission, national authorities and international partners, as well as other industry stakeholders.  Europe’s airports are ready and have spent in excess of €150 million (US$m) to accommodate the change.  This will enhance the airport experience of transfer passengers who until now had to surrender their duty free purchases from non-EU airports and air carriers.”

He added: “This is part of our investment toward getting back to the good old days before 2006, when there were no restrictions on LAGs at all for passengers. We are committed to reaching that ambitious end goal and we will continue our cooperation with the European Commission and the other partners. This will require further advancements in screening technology, in terms of security, operational feasibility and passenger facilitation. It’s only by taking all these into account, that we will remove the hassle out of this aspect of air travel.”

The European Commission expects to remove all the remaining restrictions sometime in 2016.

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