Overview

• The European Commission plans to formally amend security rules within days, raising the hand luggage liquid limit from 100 milliliters to two liters at equipped airports.
• The ECAC approved Smiths Detection’s Hi-Scan 6040 CTiX and similar CT-based solutions in June 2025 after tests showed reliable detection of liquid explosives.
• Major hubs in Italy—Milan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino, Bergamo, Turin and Bologna—and Germany’s Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich airports already deploy the approved scanners.
• Airports Council International Europe has called the rule change overdue and urged a faster, more transparent EU certification process to avoid peak-season bottlenecks.
• Several alternative liquid-detection systems remain unapproved and the timeline for their certification by Brussels is still unclear.