Hong Kong air travellers can keep liquids, gadgets in hand luggage thanks to HK$800 million airport security upgrade
- Airport Authority says 50 new smart security screening channels and 32 full-body scanners to be introduced over next two years
Steven Yiu Siu-chung, the Airport Authority’s executive director of airport operations, said on Wednesday that the revamp would be introduced in phases over the next two years, with 50 new smart security screening channels and 32 full-body scanners to handle passengers and airport personnel.
“Hong Kong will become the world’s first airport to fully adopt a smart security screening system,” he said. “We hope 98 per cent of passengers will complete the security screening process within 4½ minutes.”
Yiu said the upgrade aimed to boost the site’s departure screening capacity by 20 per cent to about 10,000 passengers an hour.
The first four new security screening channels will be installed at the south and north departure halls in the airport’s first terminal next Tuesday.
The airport’s departure halls currently boast 35 security lanes, with each handling 240 passengers per hour.