UK tourists flying to Europe this summer have been warned of the potential for 'delays and confusion' at airports after the EU announced a major change to hand luggage rules. The EU Commission recently announced that all of its airports will be reverting back to old hand luggage rules from September 1, specifically the requirement for passengers to keep liquids, gels and aerosols within 100ml containers. Many airports across Europe, including the UK, have already invested in installing state-of-the-art C3 scanners with the aim of easing liquid restrictions and reducing wait times through security.
However, recent checks found that the performance of explosive detection equipment 'did not meet the standard for which it had been approved'. Read more: UK tourists warned as 'all airports' in Spain and Greece to change luggage rules The UK also U-turned on its decision to relax hand luggage restrictions in June in what was described as a 'temporary measure', however there has been no announcement as to when the planned rule changes will be allowed to go ahead. EU officials said the move was a 'precautionary measure' and that it was 'collaborating closely with Member States and the European Civil Aviation Conference to develop swift technical solutions', however airport trade body ACI Europe warned that the decision would 'result in significant operational strain' at airports that have already set up the scanners.
Concerns have also been raised that the 'sudden' change will cause c.