The following security measures will come into effect for all flights departing from UK airports. The following restrictions will apply on the carriage of Liquids and Medicines in hand baggage

Liquids:

• Passengers may carry small quantities of liquids, but only within separate containers each of which with a capacity not greater than 100ml.
• These containers must be brought to the airport contained in a single, transparent, re-sealable plastic bag, which itself must not exceed 1 litre in capacity (approximately 20cms x 20cms). The contents of the plastic bag must fit comfortably and the bag sealed. Each passenger may carry only one such bag of liquids
• The bag must be presented for examination at the airport security point.
• Liquids that can not be placed inside the re-sealable bag must be packed into the hold luggage and checked in.

Please note that 'Liquids' includes:

• All drinks, including water, soup, syrups n Pastes, including toothpastes.
• Creams, lotions, oils, perfumes, mascara etc.
• Gels, including hair and shower gel.
• Sprays and pressurized containers including shaving foam and spray deodorants.
• Any other solutions and items of similar consistency.

Medicines and baby food:

Essential medicines and baby food may be permitted in larger quantities above the 100ml limit, but will be subject to the authentication that is already currently required.

Cabin Baggage Standards by British Airports Authority (BAA) at London Heathrow. British Airports Authority (BAA) has implemented IATA standards for cabin baggage size effective from 1st August, 2006 on all flights departing from all terminals of London Heathrow. The decision of implementation is taken in light of security reasons and flight delays caused due to long passenger queues at the Central Security Search (& Flight Connections Centre) at London Heathrow Airport as a result of passengers carrying hand baggage in sizes too big for the X-Ray machine.

The IATA standard dimension of permitted cabin hand baggage is 22 inches (56 cms) in length; 18 inches (45 cms) in width and 10 inches (25 cms) in depth. Passengers carrying hand baggage exceeding these dimensions, will not be permitted to pass through Central Security Search.

Passengers will have to return to the airline’s check-in counters to check in the hand baggage or repack them into smaller hand bags. No exemptions will be given. Each passenger is restricted to carrying only one item (in addition to the re-sealable liquids bag) through the airport search point.

Musical instruments will, as an exception, be allowed as a second item of cabin baggage, but will need to be screened and passengers should check with their airlines if special arrangements (e.g. purchasing an extra seat) for these large instruments will be required.

For passengers checking in from all UK domestic flights onwards to any international flights, baggage gauges (with the stipulated size) have been placed at strategic locations to measure the size of cabin baggage. Passengers will not be permitted to carry the cabin baggage which does not fit the gauge size

The cabin baggage policy will apply to:

• All terminals
• All airlines
• Central Areas only

The policy will not be applied in Flight Connections Centre, Terminal Transfer Search Areas, Staff Search or Control Posts.

Exceptions to the limitations of the hand baggage are:

• Human Remains
• Creams, lotions, oils, perfumes, mascara etc.
• Wheelchairs
• Religious articles
• Wedding dresses and suit carriers
• Medical equipment
• Musical instruments
• Artwork
• Picture