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Aviation Security

Digital Identity
Aerospace

Aviation security leaders call on governments to prioritise moves towards digital identity

March 25, 2025

International Air Transport Association (IATA) calls for the rapid adoption of digital identity technologies to enhance aviation security and operational efficiency, writes Nicholas Dynon. Leading government and industry stakeholders in aviation security participating in a […]

Avsec
National Security

Aviation Security passenger perception results contradict minister’s concerns

February 5, 2025

A just-released Civil Aviation Authority survey suggests high public satisfaction with aviation security, seemingly contradicting ministerial concerns over Avsec waiting times, writes Nicholas Dynon. In the wake of Transport Minister Simeon Brown’s call for New […]

CAA
Features

Will privatised aviation security deliver efficiencies at New Zealand’s airports or invite risk?

January 10, 2025

Debate has ramped up in recent months around a proposal by transport minister Simeon Brown to privatise aviation security services at airports around the country, writes chief editor Nicholas Dynon. Transport Minister Simeon Brown wants […]

Unruly passengers
Public Security

Aviation Security: Unruly passenger incidents have increased post-pandemic

June 5, 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released a new analysis showing that reported unruly passenger incidents increased in 2022 compared to 2021, calling for more more prosecutions. Latest international figures show that one unruly […]

Smiths Detection
Electronic Security

Smiths Detection awarded contract to upgrade New Zealand’s airport checkpoint security

February 18, 2023

Smiths Detection to equip international airports in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown and Wellington with digitally advanced security screening technology. Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security inspection technologies, has been awarded a […]

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