New x-rays will allow people in Prague to take a bottle of up to 2 liters on the plane

Prague, September 30 - New X-ray machines will allow passengers at Terminal 2 of Václav Havel Airport in Prague to take liquids in bottles of up to two liters on board in their hand luggage. The new system will come into effect from Wednesday, October 1. The airport announced this in a press release today. Terminal 2 is intended for flights within the Schengen area, which includes 29 European countries. At Terminal 1, for flights outside Schengen, it remains the case that liquids can only be in containers of up to 100 milliliters placed in a bag of up to one liter.

Passengers departing from Terminal 2 will be able to take one container of liquid over 100 milliliters up to two liters per person in addition to the aforementioned smaller containers in a liter bag. This is made possible by modern CT X-ray machines that the airport installed at the terminal in May this year and successfully recertified in August. In addition, at checkpoints with CT X-rays, it is no longer necessary to remove liquids or electronics from hand luggage.

"According to current surveys, the only thing that has increased passenger satisfaction when passing through security control in the summer months is the fact that since the introduction of CT X-rays in Terminal 2, they no longer have to remove electronics or liquids separately from their hand luggage. We are now also allowing the transport of larger quantities of liquids, which is a significant step forward," said Martin Kučera, a member of the Prague Airport Board of Directors responsible for operations and security.

Prague Airport has purchased six CT X-ray machines this year and is planning to purchase two more of these devices next year. Even at the stations in Terminal 2, where there are still classic X-ray machines, the transport of larger quantities of liquids is also permitted. However, passengers there will still have to remove liquids and electronics from their hand luggage. Passengers will always be reminded of this by information boards or security personnel.

For now, the original rules for transporting liquids on board aircraft apply to Terminal 1. However, in the planned modernization, the airport is planning to build a central security checkpoint in this terminal as well, similar to Terminal 2. The airport is also preparing to modernize Terminal 2, where the length of the control line currently does not allow for the introduction of an even larger volume of liquids without the risk of overloading the system.

"Our goal is to analyze operations in the long term and, in the event of positive results, gradually allow additional volumes of liquids. However, we believe that even this partial change is a significant benefit for passengers," added Kučera. In addition, exceptions to the restrictions on the volume of liquids transported apply to some liquids. This applies to, for example, baby and special nutrition and liquids required due to the health condition of passengers.

The airport began restricting the transport of liquids and gels in 2006 after the attacks on public transport in London.

Czech press agency

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