UK to install modern security machines at Pakistan airports

KARACHI: British Department for Transport (DFT) has decided to provide modern machines to Pakistan airports for security purposes, ARY News reported on Saturday citing sources.

According to sources, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has decided to install modern security machines, provided by DFT, at Lahore and Karachi airports.

Sources said these machines would not only increase the efficiency and speed of holding baggage screening but would also result in removal of additional measures on hold baggage screening for UK bound flights.

“UK high commission is trying its best to get the machines shipped through its contractor as soon as possible to Pakistan,” they say.

The latest development is an indication that UK is planning to open its airports for Pakistani origin airlines as recent meetings between CAA, DFT and UK aviation termed extremely positive.

In February last year, the British Department for Transport (DfT) and the administration of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had agreed to generate a new security system at the country’s airports.

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The decision had been taken in the meeting between the three-member delegation of the British transport department and representatives of PIA, Airports Security Force (ASF) and Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA).

He said the initiative was a continuation of the joint efforts of Pakistan and the British High Commission to improve aviation safety, as earlier a similar training session was held at the Allama Iqbal International Airport (AIIAP) Lahore.