France steps up passenger screening at airports
[PARIS] France is boosting passenger screening at its airports, responding to a request from Washington for extra security for US-bound flights over fears that Islamist radicals could be plotting new attacks using hard-to-detect bombs.
The French move, to come into force today, follows similar action already implemented by Britain, and notably impacts Europe's two busiest hubs, Heathrow and Charles de Gaulle.
Combined, an average 2.5 million passengers a day pass through the two airports.
BT is now on Telegram!
For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes
Transport & Logistics
Porsche posts Q1 profit drop on ramp-up costs
Air China orders homegrown C919s in challenge to jet duopoly
Huawei’s smart car tech offers automakers route to China sales
Sri Lanka to hand management of China-built airport to India, Russia companies
Tesla’s plan for affordable cars takes page from Detroit rivals
Toyota is investing US$1.4 billion to build another all-electric SUV in US