London Heathrow airport’s operator is looking to assist with establishing a common international standard for health screening, by testing technology intended to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission.
It is to explore such options as ultra-violet sanitation – which could be applied to security trays – plus contactless security procedures and equipment, as well as thermal screening combined with facial-recognition technology to assess passengers’ temperature. The operator says the data from the trials will be shared with a view to “jump-starting” the creation of common international standards for health screening.
Chief executive John Holland-Kaye told a parliamentary transport committee on 6 May that such a standard would be central to freeing passenger movement.
Of course, easier for large airports to implement. Small airports already argue that the cost of security screening is a disproportion burden on them and puts them at a competitive disadvantage
Flight - Heathrow trials aim to set common standard for bio-screening