Air passengers will no longer be allowed to carry liquids in their carry-on luggage. The decision which took effect today at all the airports in the Kingdom bans all types of liquids such as water, juice, Pepsi, perfumes, oils, drugs, creams, toothpastes, shampoos, gels, etc. if the package size is in excess of 100 ml, Attiah Al-Zahrani, a General Authority of Civil Aviation official said on Sunday. The Ministry of Interior in cooperation with the GACA is enforcing the ban in compliance with a decision of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to ban liquids in order to ensure the safety of passengers. “The Kingdom has signed treaties with the ICAO which require us to implement the organization's decisions,” said Al-Zahrani. Passengers should cooperate, he said, with the inspection teams that will be in charge of using special equipment to check carry-on luggage. The liquid ban on international flights is part of a series of preventive and precautionary measures to ensure the security and safety of flights in the wake of the emergence of new forms of threats to use some of these banned substances against civil aviation in different parts of the world. “Those who do not cooperate with the inspection teams will force us to inspect their luggage by hand,” he added. This procedure will apply to all international flights departing from the Kingdom's airports. Domestic flights will not be affected by this decision,” he said. The ban includes all types of liquids even well-known soft drinks. “Only children's milk and urgently required medicines and drugs will be allowed,” Al
