O. R. Tambo International Airport has scored early successes in its peak season security operations designed to detect and disrupt criminal activity as the holidays kick off. So far 10 people have been dismissed, 10 people have been arrested and attempts to smuggle items from the airside have b...

Airports worldwide are yet to find an industry wide solution to the costly challenges in protecting their operations from the threat of disruption from drone. Industry professionals got together to address the issue at the Drone Disruption Summit held in London on October 15. Delegates heard ho...

Unite the union has issued an angry response to the announcement from Glasgow Airport that they plan to outsource their security and fire brigade services. Glasgow Airport launched a consultation yesterday on the transfer of nearly 300 workers to ICTS (UK) who operate airport security functions ...

Charlotte Douglas International Airport has been given the all clear after police and security staff investigated a “suspicious item” found in the baggage claim area. A report of unattended baggage prompted the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department to call in airport division officers to e...

UK trade union Unite says strike action proposed for 23-24 August at Heathrow Airport has been suspended after a new pay offer has been made to workers. The union adds that the ballot on the revised pay offer made by Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) to over 4,000 security, airside operations and passe...

US Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced the intent to award $779 million in supplemental funding for infrastructure grants to 127 airports in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.  “This supplemental funding allows us to invest in important infrastructure needs at the nation’s...

The Airport Operators Association (AOA) chief executive Karen Dee has welcomed the 'Future Screening for Aviation and Borders' competition that is seeking innovative solutions to security screening at UK airports. The competition is being run by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) and seeks to...

Smiths Detection has added weapon detection to the innovative iCMORE family of smart and adaptable object recognition algorithms and launched it at The Airport Show this week in Dubai. iCMORE offers automatic detection of an ever expanding list of dangerous, prohibited and contraband goods. It p...

Carry-on bags and other items will be screened using 3D x-ray scanners for the first time at Adelaide Airport’s main screening point as part of a trial of new security equipment. The trial will also feature state-of-the-art body scanners and anewautomated tray return system, which will make the...

Melbourne Airport has unveiled the nation’s first fully integrated international security screening point fit-out with Smart Security technology. The redeveloped T2 security screening zone includes eGates plus Smart Security lanes that feature new body scanners and automated tray return system...

Copenhagen Airport is developing its central security control to make it easier to go through airport security checks in the future.  The security, to be developed over the next couple of years, uses two dedicated lanes—lane 23 and 24—where the airport has already begun a trial of the changes....

A super-sensitive passenger scanner that reveals hidden security threats is being trialled in the UK. The walk-through scanner, which uses space technology to image human body heat, is the result of a collaboration between Sequestim Ltd. and Cardiff University scientists. Computer learning all...

Using rising passenger figures at Frankfurt Airport as a key indicator for the future of demands on security, BARIG has released a statement in which it 'demands more efficient passenger security checks.' The organisation stated: "In October this year Frankfurt Airport counted 6.4 million passeng...

Smiths Detection’s HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX has been approved to proceed with live baggage screening tests at two U.S. airports: Los Angeles International Airport and St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The security scanner manufacturer stated this is part of a larger TSA initiative to install Comp...

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and screening technologies, today announced a number of recent wins in China, including the sale of 151 IONSCAN 600, which will be deployed across Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Qingdao Liuting International Airport, Shanghai Pudong In...