UK airport introduces flights without security checks for first time in almost 50 years

For the first time in nearly half a century, a scheduled flight took off from an airport on the British mainland without the usual security checks for passengers or their possessions. Loganair flight 6844 departed from Campbeltown, destination Glasgow, with 15 passengers aboard — none of whom had been frisked or had their baggage rummaged through. The rules banning sharp objects, firearms and liquids in containers over 100ml still apply, but travellers simply make an oral declaration that they are not carrying any of the banned items. Loganair’s managing director, Jonathan Hinkles, rejects the concept of what he called a “one-size fits all approach to airline security”. On short, regional flights in Scotland, he said, “Everyone knows each other very well. And the vast majority of customers are using it as purely a local ‘bus service’.” <br/>