Airport News
Relaxing baggage restrictions 'not without confusion'
Mon, 17 Dec, 2007
The UK's plans to relax baggage restrictions may be confusing, according to the managing director of a regional airport.
Neil Pakey of Liverpool Airport told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that around half of the country's airports will apply for the existing one-cabin bag limit to be lifted.
Those that are not looking to lift the restrictions introduced in 2006 are being discouraged by "practicalities", Mr Pakey claimed.
"For some it's a big question of investment and where do you find them money to pay for all this new technology? For others it's an airline choice," he remarked.
At some airports one airline may take a different approach to another, he added.
The Department for Transport said that more than one piece of cabin baggage will be allowed after January 7th 2008, the BBC reports.
A spokeswoman for the department said that it is the responsibility of airports and airlines to keep their passengers informed about baggage restrictions.