Airport liquid ban to be lifted within 3 years

LOSING your duty free and dumping your bottle of water before boarding flights will come to an end, but not for another three years, the European Commission announced yesterday.

Special scanners are to be introduced to ensure liquids are safe and do not include anything that could be used to blow up an airplane.

Airports have been given until the end of April 2013 to install and begin operating the new type of scanners.