At first there was a severe restriction on all carry on cabin baggage, which has gradually been reviewed and relaxed slightly. The permitted size of cabin bags has now been increased to allow a laptop sized case. The ban on carrying liquids through airport security has also been relaxed: ‘Travel size’ toiletries (90mls or 3 fl oz) stored in a clear, zip-lock bag are now permitted. The requirements, in place for the forseeable future, will mean some delay and disruption at airports and travellers should plan accordingly.

If you are like me and hate listening to other people’s phone conversations you might like this:“Airline attendant attempts to trick passengers into turning off cell phones.
Stephen D. Levitt, co-author of the excellent book Freakanomics, says he was on a flight a few days ago, and before the plane was about to take off, the flight attendant announced:

“According to the reading on my equipment up front, there is still one cell phone turned on, so please check that you have turned yours off.”

Obviously, she has no equipment for detecting this, but you should have seen the passengers scramble to check their bags. Still, brilliant on the part of the flight attendant, although I think it would have been more convincing coming from the pilot.”