The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has said that families and individual passengers looking to carry liquid medicines onboard could now benefit from a new security lane at airports this holiday season.

The new lanes are part of the TSA Diamond Self-Select program that has been launched at about 48 airports across the U.S., which enables families and individual passengers who are not familiar with security procedures, and those passengers who have exclusive needs to move through security at a more leisurely pace.

TSA administrator, Kip Hawley said, "Passengers have clearly demonstrated their preference to go at their own pace. Expanding these lanes to all other airports and directing families and passengers with medically necessary liquids to them increases passenger convenience and security.

Those individual passengers in possession of medically necessary aerosols, gels, or liquids more than the three-ounce limit will also be routed through the specially designated lanes. On the other hand, those travelling with aerosols, gels, or liquids within the 3-1-1 limits will not be required to use the new lanes.

The launching of these new lanes to serve air passengers with exclusive needs comes at a time when TSA is devising a technology network that can distinguish liquid explosives from other items carried onboard.