Travellers through Dubai International Airport (DXB) will no longer need to remove laptops and liquids exceeding 100ml at security points as the hub rolls out advanced scanners this year.
DXB is investing a “huge amount of money” to upgrade more than 100 hand-luggage security screening machines with the latest technology, Paul Griffiths, chief executive of Dubai Airports, said in an interview.
“This means no shoes off, no liquids out of bags, no laptops out. You literally put your bag on the tray and walk through the security process without stopping. That’s going to be a huge improvement in passenger convenience,” he said.
DXB is currently installing the new machines, with about five or six already in place. During the year, it expects to transition completely to the new scanners, which are faster and more capable of detecting threats.
Artificial intelligence will also be used to scan bags and determine if further investigation is needed, making it quicker than manual checks and providing a more “intensive but non-intrusive” security process, he said.
This means travellers will not need to discard items such as deodorants and creams from their hand luggage and have to buy them again at their destination.
Original source: The National