Aena will buy machines to transport liquids in suitcases at airport controls

MADRID, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Airport operator Aena plans to buy new machines that will allow passengers to store computers and liquids in hand luggage during X-ray checks.

The new baggage screening equipment, along with other biometric and security systems for all of its airports, will cost the company some 1.17 billion euros ($1.25 billion), Aena said Monday, confirming information from the newspaper El País.

“These systems are equipment with X-ray technology that generates a 3D image, which facilitates the inspection of baggage,” the company told Reuters, adding that electronic devices and liquids will no longer have to be removed from the baggage. baggage in your opinion.

Aena plans to install the machines in all its terminals before 2028. The new technology could be implemented in some airports as early as the end of 2023, according to El País.

In the UK, authorities have ordered airport operators to install these machines by 2024.

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(Reporting by Corina Pons; Spanish edition by Benjamín Mejías Valencia)