Gatwick has also urged passengers to prepare ahead of time by placing all liquids, creams, gels, balms and pastes in one resealable, transparent bag – separate to hand luggage – when going through security.
The London airport has also revealed the top five items most frequently left in hand luggage before security screening are toothpaste, Vaseline, cigarette lighters, inhalers and hand sanitiser.
In recent weeks, around 10,000 hand luggage items going through the scanner have been rejected and need to be searched every day – which adds an average of five minutes to the time taken to pass through security.
Gatwick adds 400 security staff to cope with increased demand
Air
Will Payne
21 July 2022
More than 400 new security staff have started at Gatwick in recent weeks as the airport looks to reduce delays ahead of the school summer holiday period.
Gatwick is one of several airports seeking permission to expand
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