Manchester Airport:
securing airside deliveries
Airports and security go hand in hand. As
one of the biggest issues in the industry,
W
ith an increase of around 50
percent in the last ten years,
airside shopping is big business.
the problems of screening everything from Similarly, catering establishments have
passengers to cargo are well documented.
grown in size and sophistication, resulting
in a departure lounge that offers the
But that is just one side of the story. In the
consumer a real ‘high street experience’.
other part of an airports’ supply chain, retail
But this has brought high expectations from
passengers, and these demands for
goods, catering supplies and other
everything from designer goods to cups of
deliveries are constantly being moved to
coffee bring with them a whole new set of
security issues.
and from airside areas, and consequently
now require equally high levels of security.
Identifying the Problem
Matt George, using Britain’s Manchester
The rapid sales growth combined with
increasing passenger numbers has led to a
Airport as an example, looks at how airports significant rise in the number of airside
can maximise their airside security levels
deliveries, all of which need to be securely
processed and screened, not to mention –
while still keeping delivery times and in the case of products such as meat, dairy
staffing requirements to a minimum.
and fish – handled quickly and at the
correct temperature.
18 April 2007 Aviationsecurityinternational
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