New US security screenings for passengers |
New security measures including stricter passenger screening will take effect on October 26, 2017, on all US-bound flights to comply with government requirements designed to avoid an in-cabin ban on laptops, four global airlines said. The four long-haul airlines — Cathay Pacific, EgyptAir, Emirates and Lufthansa will begin new "security interviews" of all passengers on US-bound flights at the request of American officials. The new measures will affect 325,000 airline passengers on about 2,000 commercial flights arriving daily in the United States, on 180 airlines from 280 airports in 105 countries. Emirates would begin doing "pre-screening interviews" at its check-in counters for passengers flying out of Dubai and at boarding gates for transit and transfer fliers. Cathay Pacific Airways said it had suspended self-drop baggage services and that passengers heading to the US "will be subject to a short security interview. EgyptAir said the new measures nclude more detailed searches of passengers and their luggage and interviews. Lufthansa said the new rules came from the US Transportation Security Administration, which is under Homeland Security. In addition to the controls of electronic devices already introduced, travelers to the USA. might now also face short interviews at check-in, document check or gate.
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