People who are transiting in Taiwan after flights from the US will no longer have to go through security at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said in a press release yesterday.
People flying from the US — about 3,000 travelers on 16 flights run by China Airlines, EVA Airways and Starlux Airlines per day — would save about one hour when transiting at the airport with the new measures, which took effect yesterday, the CAA said.
The “one-stop security” measures aim to speed up the flow of transfer passengers and baggage to their onward destinations by removing unnecessary duplication of airport security controls, it said.
Photo courtesy of the Civil Aeronautics Administration
People flying from the US accounted for about 25 percent of transfer passengers at the airport in 2019 and the figure has risen to about 30 percent since the COVID-19 pandemic, CAA data showed.
Work with the Aviation Police Bureau had been started before the pandemic to prepare for a “one-stop security” process, the CAA said.
This would optimize processes for transit travelers, reduce security check wait times, provide a better travel experience and reduce workloads for airport police, it said.
CAA Director-General Lin Kuo-shian (林國顯) and Aviation Police Bureau Chief Chiu Wen-liang (邱文亮) visited the US in July to be shown security measures and procedures at San Francisco International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport by US Transportation Security Administration officials to ensure that they met Taiwan’s aviation security standards.
Taiwan in 2019 worked with the US to implement one-stop security measures for checked luggage, Lin said.
The measures have been applied to carry-on luggage and the passengers themselves, he added.
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