No two bag rule at Northern Ireland's airports
07.01.08
Passengers flying from airports in Northern Ireland will only be allowed to carry one bag onboard flights from today, despite the rule been relaxed at over 20 UK airports including Heathrow, Manchester and Glasgow.
Since a tightening of security in August 2006 following the transatlantic liquid bomb plot, passengers at UK airports have been restricted to one piece of hand luggage. But the one-bag rule will be lifted at 22 airports, including Heathrow, Stansted, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Manchester from today.
However, a number of major UK airports, including Belfast International, Belfast City and Derry Airports plus Gatwick, Luton and Leeds Bradford in the UK have yet to satisfy the Department for Transport (DfT) that they can cope with the change without compromising security (and increasing queues).
These airports will all retain the one hand baggage limit, at least in the short term. However, the Department for Transport has set May as a target date for introducing the two bags rule at all UK airports, giving Northern Ireland's airports just a few months to put processes in place.
Size limits on liquids and cabin baggage will still apply and some airlines, including Ryanair and easyJet, have announced that they will retain the one bag rule even at airports that have received the okay for two bags.
The list of approved airports is detailed on this web page: http://www.DfT.gov.uk/transportforyou/airtravel/airportsecurity/cabinbaggage.
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