UK airlines back call for airport security changes

LONDON: The United Kingdom airline industry has backed British Airways Chairman, Mr. Martin Broughton‘s call for changes to airport security checks, the British Briadcaasting Corporation reported on Wednesday.

Mike Carrivick of BAR United Kingdom, which represented more than 80 airlines, said the industry should ”step back and have a look at the whole situation”.

Broughton said some ”completely redundant” security checks should go.

The Department for Transport said there were no plans to change rules on checking laptops and shoes.

Practices such as forcing passengers to take off their shoes should be abandoned, he added.

He also criticised the United States for imposing increased checks on United States-bound flights but not on its own domestic services, saying the UK should stop ”kowtowing” to US security demands.

And he questioned why laptop computers needed to be screened separately.

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