Prohibited items found at pre-flight security checks are usually confiscated. But Changi Airport and Singapore Post are trying out a service where such items can be posted to the passenger's destination or to a Singapore address. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
TRAVELLERS departing from Singapore may soon be in for some reprieve if they are forced to surrender their hand-carried items for security reasons.
Changi Airport and Singapore Post have started a two-month trial to allow passengers to send confiscated items through to their destinations, or back to their Singapore addresses.
The new Speedpost@Changi service is the first of its kind in an Asian airport and is available to passengers departing from Terminal 1's C-pier.
Currently, prohibited hand-carried items are confiscated when detected on departing passengers during pre-flight security screening.
From among the 37.2 million passengers Changi Airport handled last year, 1.2 million liquids, aerosols and gels were taken away because of the 100ml limit on flights. A further 160,000 prohibited items were also collected by the airport last year, including Swiss Army knives and grooming kits with scissors or clippers.
But with the new service, passengers can get back these items by mailing them in either of two Speedpost envelope sizes (A4 and E2).
