Starting today, June 28, Helsinki Airport is lifting strict restrictions on the transportation of liquids on planes. The relaxation of the rules will only affect passengers for whom Helsinki is the starting point of the route.
As Avianews reports, the new rules provide that each passenger departing from Helsinki will be able to take up to 2 liters of liquids with them. Therefore, now passengers will not have to throw away filled containers with a volume of more than 100 milliliters at the security control for passage to the departure area.
The removal of strict restrictions became possible after the airport operator – the company Finavia – installed scanners based on computer tomography in the terminal. They check passengers’ belongings for the presence of dangerous substances and allow electronics and liquids not to be removed from hand luggage for inspection.
Finavia clarifies that similar technologies are currently used by only a few airports in the European Union and the United States.
For passengers transferring from flight to flight at the capital airport of Finland, the old rules apply at the transit security control. They allow transporting liquids in containers of up to 100 ml, which must be packed in a transparent bag with a volume of up to 1 liter.
Restrictions on the transportation of liquids in airplanes
Restrictions on the carriage of liquids on planes were introduced at airports around the world in 2006. This happened after the conspiracy was revealed in Great Britain. The terrorists planned to carry liquids in hand luggage on planes, and already in the sky to mix them to obtain liquid explosives.
It was assumed that the restrictions would be lifted after the invention of new scanners, but the new equipment did not become widely used in airports.