Inspector General Kenneth Mead, of the US department of transport, told a senate committee that these smaller carriers and airports handle about 5 per cent of air traffic to and from the United States.
Travellers will also have to show proof of a valid ticket to get past security checks within airports, though the responsibility for determining what will count as proof is being left up to individual airlines.
And the need for wireless LANs is also driving new applications in China, a highly populated country that lacks extensive wired communications networks. The results should come as no surprise, given that the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry...
In addition to the passengers there were two D-22 type 122-mm artillery howitzers and 40 to 50 wooden boxes painted olive drab, suspected to contain arms and ammunition. According to reliable sources, several cargo aircraft landed repeatedly at El...
This data was then uploaded onto an RFID smartcard, used in conjunction with a fingerprint reader at an automatic immigration barrier on arrival at Dubai, Heathrow or Hong Kong airports. Would you be happy to go through biometric security checks in...
Asked whether they'd be happy to go through biometric security checks in airports, nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of respondents to a silicon.com reader poll said they would.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics