An Australian Question... well Sydney
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An Australian Question... well Sydney
Recently I was on holiday over there and wondered about this...
A United (I think) flight was going from the next gate to ours and there had been temporary walls put up around the gate lounge with two security guards at the entrance checking that everyone had a right to be going into the gate lounge. Is this a new security measure for flights to the USA or just for this flight? By the way this was on the 20 Jan.
A United (I think) flight was going from the next gate to ours and there had been temporary walls put up around the gate lounge with two security guards at the entrance checking that everyone had a right to be going into the gate lounge. Is this a new security measure for flights to the USA or just for this flight? By the way this was on the 20 Jan.
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In the past United have had in place their own security arrangements on top of anything else in place by local agencies, including guarding of catering, etc...
It might have something to do with that!
It might have something to do with that!
Quite common at International ports. The airline puts its own passport check (and sometimes security check as well) in place at the gate. I've seen it at Bangkok, Amsterdam and at Heathrow.
Possibly because pax coming to the gate may have been "cleared" at some other port the airline prefers not to rely on.
Possibly because pax coming to the gate may have been "cleared" at some other port the airline prefers not to rely on.
It has nothing to do with the airlines as it is a security requirement imposed on the airlines if they want to fly to the good old USA. If you do not comply the you will not be accepted into US mainland airspace.
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It has nothing to do with the airlines as it is a security requirement imposed on the airlines if they want to fly to the good old USA. If you do not comply the you will not be accepted into US mainland airspace.
