IATA one-stop security plan for KLIA, Changi
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is hoping that Malaysia and Singapore will adopt its Asian one-stop security proposal for connecting flights to the European Union (EU), Business Times reported.
IATA Director of Security and Facilitation, Georgina Graham, was reported saying that IATA has approached the Singaporean government about adopting the scheme, following the conclusion of an agreement on liquids and gel between Singapore and the EU. The one-stop scheme aims to eliminate unnecessary duplication of passenger, baggage and cargo screening at a connecting airport if they have been adequately screened at the airport of origin.
In Malaysia, KL International Airport (KLIA) will be used as a trial airport for secure freight movement, the report added.
“KLIA and Changi can be the beacon on adopting security measures that make passengers feel more at ease, so that passengers coming from these territories don’t have to be re-screen for connecting flights as they have not left the sterile area,” Graham was reported saying at IATA’s Global Media Day in Geneva.
Graham added that investments would be done on an airport-by-airport basis as the infrastructure needs to support flights arriving from a one-stop security destination.
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