Bengaluru Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) became the first airport in India to introduce CTX system for seamless screening experience.
National
Passengers using Terminal 2 (T2) of Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) will soon not be required to remove personal electronic devices like mobile phones and laptops from handbags at the security checkpoints before boarding. KIA operator Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) said the trial run of the CTX (computer tomography X-ray) machine at T2 will begin in the next few weeks. It will also eliminate the current process of patting down passengers after primary screening through walk-through metal detectors. T2, known as the 'Terminal in the Garden', was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2022 with a construction cost of around Rs 5,000 crore. It began domestic operations on January 15, 2023. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) had ordered all major airports handling 50 lakh passengers to install 3D CTX machines for cabin checks by the end of the year, but most operators are likely to miss the deadline.
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