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Bratislava airport introduces new security measures

Xinhua, March 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Passengers who are set to travel via the Bratislava airport in Slovakia should be prepared for new security measures that were introduced on Thursday in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels.

"Bratislava airport is one of the first EU airports to introduce a whole set of security measures, most of which will remain secret from the travelling public. Such measures have never been activated at this airport before, but the current security situation requires it," said the airport's general director Ivan Trhlik at a briefing here on Thursday.

Travelers will be checked upon arrival at the main airport hall by special detectors. Airport representatives can't rule out the possibility that passengers may have to come to the airport earlier than normal because the new security measures might hold them up.

There are now only single routes for entering and exiting the airport.

"That means one way in and one way out," said Trhlik, adding that these measures were prepared long ago and the airport has been considering to take them after the terror attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 of last year.

Trhlik stressed that the airport is quite capable of managing incoming and outgoing flows of passengers when compared to other larger EU airports.

The Belgian capital of Brussels was hit by several explosions on Tuesday.

The blasts targeted at Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro station which is located near EU institutions. The terror attacks claimed the lives of at least 31 people, leaving around 300 others injured. Endit