Europe’s
airports ready for new rules on liquids, aerosols & gels
For
immediate release 31
January 2014
Brussels,
31 January 2014: The
new EU* rules for air passengers carrying liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) take
effect today. They are being introduced as part of a more ambitious plan to lift
the ban on the carriage of LAGs altogether.
The
new rules will have minimal direct impact on EU air passengers as their primary
function is to facilitate passengers travelling from/to non-EU airports
transferring at EU airports and the LAGs in question are only those purchased
(and correctly packaged) at airport shops and on board air carriers.
Olivier
Jankovec, Director General ACI EUROPE
commented “The
new LAGs regime starting today is the fruit of strong cooperation with the
European Commission, national authorities and international partners°, as well
as other industry stakeholders. Europe's airports are ready and have spent in
excess of €150 million to accommodate the change. This will enhance the airport
experience of transfer passengers who until now had to surrender their duty free
purchases from non-EU airports** and air carriers.”
He
added “This
is part of our investment toward getting back to the good old days before 2006,
when there were no restrictions on LAGs at all for passengers. We are committed
to reaching that ambitious endgoal and we will continue our cooperation with the
European Commission and the other partners. This will require further
advancements in screening technology, in terms of security, operational
feasibility and passenger facilitation. It’s only by taking all these into
account, that we will remove the hassle out of this aspect of air
travel.”
ENDS
Notes
for Editors
*
The new
EU rules are effective at airports in the EU, EEA and Switzerland.
° The
US, Canadian and Australian authorities are all introducing equivalent
rules.
**
The
exceptions to this rule were airports in the USA, Canada, Singapore and Croatia
(before its entry into the EU in July 2013) and Malaysia.
*****
For
more information, please contact:Robert O’Meara, Director, Media & Communications, ACI EUROPE at
e-mail: robert.omeara@aci-europe.org, tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 82
website: www.aci-europe.org twitter: @ACI_EUROPE
ACI EUROPE is the European region of Airports Council International, the only worldwide professional association of airport operators. ACI EUROPE represents over 450 airports in 44 European countries. Member airports handle 90% of commercial air traffic in Europe, welcoming over 1.5 billion passengers, 18 million tonnes of freight and more than 20 million aircraft movements each year.
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