Birmingham Airport 'ready with new security technology' but rule on liquid allowance 'needs final approval'

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Birmingham Airport 'ready with new security technology' but rule on liquid allowance 'needs final approval'
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Birmingham Airport is hoping to relax the rules on the amount of liquids passengers can carry from next month.

From June 1, subject to government approval, passengers will be able to carry up to two litres in their hand luggage as the airport's new security screening area opens.

Birmingham has taken on the building of the new security hall to accommodate a projected 18m passengers by 2033. Al Titterington, terminal operations director of Birmingham Airport, said: We have invested £60m in our new security search area to ensure readiness for the June 1 deadline. “In the meantime any customers travelling through the airport can take liquids, pastes and gels up to 100ml loose, and no longer in plastic bags, in their hand luggage.

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