Václav Havel Airport Prague quietly updated its passenger-advice portal on 19 January 2026, revealing a significant relaxation of the long-standing 100-millilitre liquid rule for departures from Terminal 2 (Schengen flights). Travellers may now bring one additional container holding more than 100 ml—up to a total of two litres per person—alongside the usual one-litre zip-lock bag of small containers. Acceptable items range from cosmetics and food products to alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages.
Airport management says the change is enabled by next-generation computed-tomography (CT) scanners installed at all Terminal 2 security lanes during the autumn of 2025. The equipment generates high-resolution 3-D images, allowing security staff to analyse bottle contents without requiring passengers to remove them. Similar technology is already in use at Amsterdam-Schiphol and London-City airports; Prague is among the first continental hubs to adopt it for an entire terminal.
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For business travellers the new rule eliminates a common pain point—discarding high-value samples, duty-free purchases or branded beverages destined for client meetings. Mobility teams should update corporate travel policies to reflect the higher liquid allowance and remind staff that the relaxation currently applies only to Terminal 2. Non-Schengen departures from Terminal 1 remain subject to the classic 100 ml restriction until CT scanners there complete calibration tests later this spring.
Practical tips: 1) Large bottles must be removed from luggage and placed separately on the belt; 2) Duty-free liquids purchased air-side are unaffected and may still be carried in sealed STEB bags; 3) The one-litre plastic-bag rule for containers under 100 ml continues to apply. Passengers connecting through airports that still enforce the old limits should keep receipts and be prepared for additional screening.
Airport spokesperson Denisa Hejtmánková emphasised that the update “brings Prague in line with the EU’s roadmap for risk-based security screening” and expects the modified procedure to cut average queue times by 12 %. The airport will monitor throughput data over the next 30 days before deciding whether to expand the policy to Terminal 1.
Airport management says the change is enabled by next-generation computed-tomography (CT) scanners installed at all Terminal 2 security lanes during the autumn of 2025. The equipment generates high-resolution 3-D images, allowing security staff to analyse bottle contents without requiring passengers to remove them. Similar technology is already in use at Amsterdam-Schiphol and London-City airports; Prague is among the first continental hubs to adopt it for an entire terminal.
For business travellers the new rule eliminates a common pain point—discarding high-value samples, duty-free purchases or branded beverages destined for client meetings. Mobility teams should update corporate travel policies to reflect the higher liquid allowance and remind staff that the relaxation currently applies only to Terminal 2. Non-Schengen departures from Terminal 1 remain subject to the classic 100 ml restriction until CT scanners there complete calibration tests later this spring.
Practical tips: 1) Large bottles must be removed from luggage and placed separately on the belt; 2) Duty-free liquids purchased air-side are unaffected and may still be carried in sealed STEB bags; 3) The one-litre plastic-bag rule for containers under 100 ml continues to apply. Passengers connecting through airports that still enforce the old limits should keep receipts and be prepared for additional screening.
Airport spokesperson Denisa Hejtmánková emphasised that the update “brings Prague in line with the EU’s roadmap for risk-based security screening” and expects the modified procedure to cut average queue times by 12 %. The airport will monitor throughput data over the next 30 days before deciding whether to expand the policy to Terminal 1.
