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Airport Security Measures to Continue
Airport Security Measures to Continue
Please Note (2nd November 2006 Update) – The Department for Transport has announced further changes to the UK’s aviation security measures, notably increasing the size of cabin baggage that can be taken onboard an aircraft, relaxing the restrictions on musical instruments, and allowing limited quantities of liquids in the cabin. The changes will take effect from Monday 6th November 2006.
The full update to the Airport and Airline Security Regulations can be found on TheTravelPage.co.uk main site.
The summary below has therefore been superceded, and we strongly recommend you follow one of the links above for the up-to-date position.
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Sky News reports that new Airport Security Measures are to stay in force for the forseeable future.
See TheTravelPage article Airport Security – Limited Hand Luggage Permitted in Cabin for details of what can now be carried on board.
While the civil aviation threat level remains at ‘Severe’, the Department of Transport will keep these measures in place to protect the public. They are currently working on ways to detect liquid explosives, and at some point in the future it may be feasible to relax the restrictions.
The aim of the current security measures is to meet the threat but to minimise the inconvenience.
Meetings are planned with European governments and the aviation industry to see what common international standards of security could be introduced.
Personally, we are reassured by the Government’s approach and the fact that they are taking the travelling public’s safety seriously, and here at TheTravelPage.co.uk we’ll continue to travel, but we’ll arrive at the airport early and we’ll have our Airport Lounge booked so we can chill out while we wait.
TheTravelPage.co.uk will continue to monitor developments.
