As per the announcement made by the government, more UK airports including Edinburgh and Glasgow have secured permission to allow travellers carry more than one piece of hand baggage with them while travelling with effect from Monday, the 7th of January. Passengers of these airports will be able to carry more than one bag.

Earlier in August 2006, an exposed plot to bombard transatlantic planes using liquid explosives led to the limiting of one carry-on bag for a passenger. However, this measure was met with a lot of complaints from passengers, airports and airlines with the surging of checked items causing broken conveyors and longer waiting times.

Notably, the government will withdraw the rule on the 7th of January for those airports, which have convinced Department for Transport (DfT) with their arrangements to deal with the additional luggage without increasing the queues at the baggage screening. The list announced by DFT last week contained 17 airports that have met these requirements. Now, three more are added to this list including Edinburgh and Glasgow. Surprisingly, Gatwick, the second biggest airport of the UK is yet to enter the list.

The list of airports where the restriction is lifted includes Aberdeen, Benbecula, Cambridge, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Heathrow, Islay, Inverness, Kirkwall, Manchester, London City, Plymouth, Prestwick, Southend, Southampton, Stansted, Wick, Stornaway and Sumburgh. According to a spokesman of the Gatwick airport, the decision pertaining to the airport is likely to be expected in two days.