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A message to travellers at Pearson International Airport earlier this month: ‘You can buy anything you want…’ |
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… depending on where you are travelling |
CANADA. Transport Canada late yesterday issued an updated travel advisory that sees an easing of restrictions on the sale of liquids, gels and aerosols – duty free and non-duty free, located within the sterile areas of Canadian airports.
As of 3:00 a.m. hours E.D.T. on Friday, 22 September, the sale of such items in sterile areas will be restored for most air passengers.
Other than those travelling to the US, passengers will also be permitted to carry liquids, gels and aerosols purchased beyond the security screening point onboard the aircraft. Until now – as evidenced by The Moodie Report last week at Toronto Pearson International Airport – any passenger bound for the UK has not been able to buy liquid or gel products, while on other routes such purchases have had to be placed in sealed bags.
The sale of these items will continue to be prohibited within the sterile areas used by passengers on flights departing Canada and bound for the US from airports providing US pre-clearance services (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal). These passengers will still be required to transfer these items to their checked baggage before proceeding through security screening.
Liquids, gels and aerosols in containers of any size continue to be prohibited from being brought through pre-board screening by passengers on their person or in their carry-on baggage. Passengers should continue to pack these items in their checked baggage, Transport Canada advised.
Liquids or gels include beverages, perfume, deodorant, shampoo, suntan lotion, creams, hair gel, mascara, lip glosses and other items of similar consistency – all mainstream duty free items.
Transport Canada concluded: “Canada continues to work closely with our partners in the US and in Europe, including the United Kingdom, in order to determine whether any further changes to the security restrictions currently in place for these items are warranted.”
For further information please visit Transport Canada’s website at www.tc.gc.ca
