The Department of Transport(DTI) has announced the relaxation of restrictions on the amount of hand luggage travellers can carry onto planes flying from Britain’s airports. Starting tomorrow 7 January providing the airport has installed new security scanners passengers will be allowed more than one piece of carry on baggage.
Being the UK there’s always a catch and the one here is that not all airports have the new equipment. Some London airports including Heathrow, Stansted and London City, do have the new scanners, but Gatwick and Luton don’t. Also the DTI says that airlines apply their own rules and some like Easyjet are going to keep limiting passengers to one piece of hand luggage.
It’s something to be aware of if you’re planning on flying between different parts of the UK. Here’s what the Department of Transport press release says.
The Department for Transport has approved new security arrangements at a number of airports in the UK. This means that at these airports the restriction previously imposed limiting hand baggage to one item per person will no longer apply with effect from 7 January 2008. However, airlines apply their own operational policies governing the number of items of hand baggage which may be taken in to the aircraft cabin.
Before departing we strongly suggest you check with your airline on the cabin baggage arrangements for your particular journey.
Airports where the one bag restriction no longer applies are:
Aberdeen
Benbecula
Birmingham
Cambridge
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Heathrow
Inverness
Islay
Kirkwall
London City
Manchester
Newcastle
Plymouth
Prestwick
Southampton
Southend
Stansted
Stornoway
Sumburgh
Wick
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