TASS AIRPORT SECURITY SYSTEM TESTED IN SMALL AIRPORT WITHIN SOUTHERN PORTUGAL

PORTUGAL’S Faro Algarve Airport may not be the first airport that leaps to mind when considering where to test-run the latest in air travel security equipment, but the airport is trialling a cutting-edge airport security system.Located in the country’s southern Algarve region, it is a small airport with seasonal peaks and troughs of traffic that processed 5,672,377 passengers last year (2012) - the majority of whom arrived on budget carriers between June and September. These low-cost airlines have steadily inflated passenger figures – from 5,089,617 annual ...


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