easyJet Liquid Rules: Which UK Airports Allow 2 Litres?

Published 24 September 2026 | Updated 24 September 2026 by Kate Acaster

easyJet liquid rules depend on the airport you fly from, not the airline. At Gatwick, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Southend and Belfast International you can now carry containers of up to 2 litres. At Luton, Stansted, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow and Aberdeen it’s still 100ml per container.

Liquid limits at each UK airport easyJet flies from

easyJet’s help centre sets the default. Liquids, aerosols and gels go in containers of 100ml or less, packed in one transparent, re-sealable bag about 20cm x 20cm, with a ceiling of 1,000ml per passenger. It adds that a small number of airports, Gatwick among them, now have scanners that allow more, and tells you to check your departure airport. We checked each of easyJet’s main UK airports.

Glasgow says there’s no limit on how many 100ml containers you bring.

The flight home is where the 100ml rule catches you

The 2-litre allowance only covers the airport you’re leaving from. Southend’s own security page warns that many airports abroad haven’t installed the new scanners. There, you’ll still need 100ml containers in a clear plastic bag for the return flight.

• Pack for the stricter of your two airports.
• If you’ve paid for a hold bag, keep the full-size bottles in it for both flights.
• Pack one clear re-sealable bag in your cabin bag, even if you didn’t need it on the way out.

GOV.UK gives the same advice: check the rules at your departure airport and at any airport you’ll pass through, including on the way back. It also bans frozen liquids in hand luggage altogether.

Duty free, baby milk and food

• Duty free alcohol is allowed in the cabin if you bought it airside and it’s unopened, under 70% ABV, and packed in the airport shopping bag or your cabin bag. You can’t drink it on board. easyJet says passengers caught drinking their own alcohol may face prosecution.
• Baby food, milk and sterilised water are exempt from the 100ml limit, up to 2 litres in total. Security may ask you to taste it.
• Liquid food such as soup or custard counts as a liquid, so the 100ml limit applies wherever it’s in force.
• Hot drinks are fine to take on board if you bought them at the airport and they have a lid.

Power banks, vapes and lighters on easyJet

These come from easyJet’s help page and apply on every easyJet flight, with GOV.UK’s lighter rule added.

• Power banks: two per passenger, each rated no more than 160Wh, cabin baggage only. You can’t use them to charge other devices during the flight.
• Laptops: cabin only, never in the hold. You can use one on board.
• Vapes and e-cigarettes: cabin bag only, with no more than two spare batteries, fully switched off, and no recharging on board.
• Lighters: one, carried on you. GOV.UK says it should sit inside a re-sealable plastic bag. Matches aren’t allowed at all.

Knives, scissors and razors: the UK rule wins

easyJet’s help page allows knives with blades of 6cm or less in the cabin, plus scissors with rounded ends and blades under 6cm, tweezers, and razor blades set in plastic. UK airport security is tighter. GOV.UK bans any knife with a sharp or pointed blade from hand luggage, whatever its length. A small penknife that easyJet would accept will still be taken from you at a UK security lane, so pack it in a checked bag. GOV.UK does allow scissors with blades of 6cm or less, and disposable razors, in hand luggage.

Getting through security in time

At Bristol, Birmingham and Edinburgh, liquids stay in your hand luggage through screening. At Luton, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Aberdeen they stay in the bag too, but every container still has to be 100ml or less.

Our guide to how early to arrive at the airport has timings by airport, and easyJet check-in covers the bag-drop deadlines.

More on flying with easyJet

• Check your bag against the real dimensions in our easyJet cabin bag size guide.
• See how strict easyJet is with hand luggage if you’re close to the limit.
• Our easyJet baggage allowance guide has hold bag prices if the full-size bottles are coming with you.
• Flying Ryanair, Jet2 or TUI on another leg? The Ryanair liquids rules, Jet2 liquid rules and TUI liquid rules guides cover their airport-by-airport rules.

“Security judges the container’s size, so a 200ml tube of sun cream that’s half empty after a week on the beach still gets binned at a 100ml airport. Pack a couple of empty 100ml travel bottles on the way out. Fill them from the big tube on your last night, bag them up, and you’re covered whichever scanners your return airport runs.”

Kate Acaster, Chief Editor, Flight Tribe

easyJet liquid rules: FAQs

How much liquid can I take in easyJet hand luggage?

easyJet’s default is 100ml per container, in one clear re-sealable bag about 20cm x 20cm, up to 1,000ml in total. Gatwick, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Southend and Belfast International allow containers of up to 2 litres.

Do I still need a clear plastic bag for liquids on easyJet?

Not at Bristol, Belfast International, Luton, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow or Aberdeen. Birmingham, Edinburgh and Stansted let liquids stay in your cabin bag but don’t mention the clear bag, and Gatwick and Southend don’t say either way. You’ll often still need one at airports abroad, so pack one for the flight home.

Is Luton still 100ml for easyJet flights?

Yes. Luton’s own security page says every liquid container must be 100ml or less, though you no longer need a plastic bag. Manchester and Liverpool work the same way.

Can I take baby milk over 100ml on easyJet?

Yes. easyJet says baby food, milk and sterilised water don’t count towards the 100ml limit. You can take up to 2 litres, and security may ask you to taste it.

Can I use a power bank on an easyJet flight?

Not to charge anything. You can carry up to two, each no more than 160Wh, in your cabin bag, but easyJet doesn’t allow you to use them to charge other devices on board.

Can I drink duty free alcohol on an easyJet flight?

No. If you bought it airside, it’s unopened and under 70% ABV, you can carry it on board, but the only alcohol you can drink in flight is what you buy from the trolley.

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Kate Acaster

Kate Acaster is Chief Editor at Flight Tribe. She writes about practical travel planning, budget airlines, baggage rules, city breaks, beach holidays and good hotels that do not cost daft money.

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