UK: Passengers could soon face alcohol restrictions at the airport

The sale and consumption of alcohol at airports should have restrictions applied, according to a new report from a parliamentary select committee.

The House of Lords report highlighted the fact that airports are expressly left out of the Licensing Act 2003, meaning many of the normal alcohol restrictions do not apply. “No one travelling on an international flight can fail to notice that, once they have gone through customs, control of the sale of alcohol seems to be relaxed, and the permitted hours even more so,” read the report.

In addition to there being little restriction when it comes to when alcohol can be sold at airports, the evidence suggested that there is also a problem with who it is being sold to. A Sussex police spokesperson told the select committee: “Gatwick Airport sits within the Sussex Police boundary and there have been a number of alcohol test purchases conducted airside at the Airport. Whilst improvements have now been made, during the first round of testing, all but one of the premises selling alcohol sold alcohol to our under 18 year old test purchasers.

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