The assessments, due to be conducted over the next two months, will focus on measures such as passenger screening, physical security at the airport, hold baggage and freight screening. (businessinsider.com)
Three of the largest Sikh advocacy groups in the United States are opposing airport passenger screening measures they say require hand - searches of turbans, despite the use of electronic imaging technology. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
On Sunday, Etihad Airways announced that it had been exempted from the laptop ban after US officials determined that the airline was conducting more through passenger screening at Abu Dhabi International Airport, where Etihad is the national carrier. (theverge.com)