Global expenditure on airport passenger screening systems will reach US$10 billion this year, according to a new report by Visiongain. The UK-based industry analysis company’s ‘Airport Passenger Screening Systems Market 2011-2021’ report claimed that large-scale expansion of airport capacity around the world, as well as a high number of new airports in the Middle East and Asia Pacific, is driving demand for new screening technology.
Asia Pacific, especially China and India, was identified as key regional market for new technology, with rapidly increasing passenger numbers boosting demand for new airport passenger screening systems.
Other key drivers to the airport passenger screening systems market are evolving regulation and technologies, the emergence of low-cost carriers in Asia Pacific, and a collective effort to integrate technologies to provide multi-layered security systems.
New technologies being implemented include Explosive Detection Systems, Explosive Trace Detection, Advanced Imaging Technology, Millimetre Wave Scanners, Ion Mobility Spectrometers and Backscatter X-Ray Technology.
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