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Passenger Information

Prepare. Check. Depart.

Making your airport security experience easy

Use this step-by-step guide to make your international journey as easy as possible.

Preparing for your international flight



Identify liquids

1. Identify all of the liquids, aerosols and gels you plan on taking on your travels.

Look carefully through your luggage and identify items you think could be a liquid, aerosol or gel. Pay particular attention to toiletries and cosmetics.


Identify all liquids

2. Identify all of the liquids, aerosols and gels that you NEED for your flight.

Separate any items that you believe you NEED to carry with you on the flight. The most common items people wish to carry are deodorant, moisturiser and lip balm.



What you can carry on board

3. 100ml or less? You can carry it on board.

Review the items you plan on carrying with you on the flight. Are they 100ml or less? If so, then you can pack them into one transparent, re-sealable plastic bag of no more than 20cm x 20 cm.

Your plastic bag will need to seal easily.

Generally, you should be able to fit a maximum of five 100ml items into a 20cm x 20cm bag before it becomes difficult to seal.



Pack your bags

4. Packing your bags.

Items not essential for your flight, and any items more than 100ml, will need to be packed into your check-in luggage.

Even if you believe an item is very important, it should still be packed into your check-in luggage if it is over 100ml.

Any items greater than 100ml that are not checked-in will have to be surrendered at the security screening point and will be destroyed.


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Arriving at the airport


Retrieve your hand luguage

1. Review your hand luggage.

Are you carrying any liquids, aerosols or gels in your hand luggage that are greater than 100ml? If you are, then be sure to pack them into your check-in luggage before checking-in.



Double check plastic bag

2. Double-check your plastic bag.

Are there any items in your plastic bag that you don't actually need for your flight? We recommend you pack these items into your check-in luggage.

Does your plastic bag seal comfortably? If it doesn't, then you may have to discard some items or pack them into your check-in luggage.


Check-in

3. Check-in: Your last point of call.

Remember that check-in is the last point in which you can put any items into your check-in luggage.

After this point, any liquid, aerosol or gel items surrendered at the security screening point will be destroyed.



Ask staff

4. Unsure? Ask a staff member.

At Melbourne Airport, we are focussed on minimising the amount of liquids, aerosols or gel products that passengers have to surrender at the security screening point.

If you are unsure about anything to do with liquids, aerosols or gels, be sure to talk to staff at check-in.

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At Security

Note: It is a Federal Government requirement that any person entering into a secure area at an Australian airport go through the security screening process, which now includes restrictions on the carriage of liquids, aerosols and gels.

View the Federal Government video explaining the new security process at Australian airports.

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Remove metal items

1. Remove any metal items.

Place any metal items, such as mobile phones, coins or laptops in the tray provided.



Present liquids

2. Present your liquids, aerosols and gels.

The plastic bag containing your liquids, aerosols or gels should be presented separately from your other hand luggage. Any liquids, aerosol or gels larger than 100ml will need to be disposed of in the bins provided.


Remove coat

3. Remove your coat.

All bulky coats/jackets must be removed and placed on the x-ray machine.



Collect items

4. Collect your items.

Once given the all-clear by security staff, you will then be given the OK to collect your items.



Random pat down

5. Random continuous pat down.

You may also be required to undertake a pat down (frisk search). This search is undertaken in a random continuous manner, meaning that a passenger is randomly selected for 'frisking' as soon as they have completed the search of the previous passenger.

The search takes approximately 30 seconds, and involves a security officer of the same sex searching your garments to ensure you are not carrying any hidden items.

If you are unsure about any part of the 'pat down' process, ask the security officer to explain it to you.