ACI World unveils Smart Security Vision 2040
ACI World today released its Smart Security Vision 2040 , which it is confident sets the foundation for achieving a seamless airport security...
SAFETY & SECURITY
Kuwait’s new terminal to boast state-of-the-art hold baggage screening system
Smiths Detection, a leading threat-detection and security-technology company, will supply hold-baggage screening equipment for Kuwait’s new International Airport Terminal 2, which is currently...
Edinburgh to introduce antimicrobial security tray technology
Edinburgh Airport is to add antimicrobial technology to the security tray return systems at its security checkpoints. It notes that implementation of antimicrobial...
New COVID-19 risk management tool introduced by Etihad
Etihad Airways is to launch a COVID-19 risk-assessment tool that it claims will empower passengers to make informed decisions about travelling. Powered by...
Kazakhstan continues to enhance aviation system
CAA International (CAAi), the technical co-operation arm of the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, has completed the first milestone of a major aviation oversight...
Transfer traffic to slowly resume in Hong Kong from June 1
Hong Kong International Airport has announced that it will commence “the gradual resumption of transfer/transit services” from Monday. Operator, Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK),...
Anti-drone system installed at Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport in the UK has invested in a new drone management system to combat the threat of unauthorised drones at the West...
2020 vision
Airport security screening and passenger flow expert, Cameron Mann, looks back at how security has evolved over the last 10 years and considers...
BLOG: The dawn of open architecture
Open architecture, often referred to as ‘open interfaces’ or ‘open platform’, is an emerging trend in the aviation industry, writes Smiths Detection’s global...
COVID-19 detection trials to start at London Heathrow
Heathrow CEO, John Holland-Kaye, has told the UK’s House of Commons Transport Committee that COVID-19 detection trials are to start at his gateway...
Quarantine busting COVID-19 tests available at Vienna Airport
Vienna Airport (VIE) has begun offering COVID-19 tests to passengers as part of a series of initiatives designed to make it safer and...
Leidos acquires security detection wing of L3Harris Technologies
Leidos has completed the $1 billion acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Security Detection and Automation businesses. The acquired businesses provide airport and critical infrastructure...
