Airlines, Airports May Struggle With U.S. Security Deadlines

July 5, 2017

Airlines and overseas airports will struggle to meet deadlines for implementing broad new security requirements on flights to the U.S., airline industry groups and consultants say.

Airports have a short timeline to comply with a few of the directives the Department of Homeland Security issued this week, according to a memo from the International Air Transport Association to its members. Some technology and even bomb-sniffing dogs required under the measures aren't readily available in each of the 280 airports affected.

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