Reduce commercial area at airports to boost security checkpoints: BCAS

The BCAS earlier this month extended the deadline for using full-body scanners at major Indian airports from March 31 to December 31, 2023

Commercial area at Indian airports is being reduced to increase the number of security checkpoints in a bid to avoid congestion and ensure faster passenger flow, said Zulfiquar Hasan, director general, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), on Monday.

“The security area has been encroached on by commercialisation in certain airports. We have issued instructions to them to remove those incursions,” he said during a press briefing here on ‘Aviation Security Culture’.

Hasan said that the passenger flow during this year's festival season would be much better. “We are ensuring that the commercial area is reduced and the security