Air visitors: Faster controls at Stuttgart Airport are in prospect | EUROtoday

The airport Stuttgart will take over duty for safety management initially of November. The activity consists of the group, procurement and financing of the controls, as airport boss Ulrich Heppe introduced when the duty was transferred. He expects sooner processes and fewer ready occasions. The airport can now fee and management a service supplier itself. “Together with the Federal Police, we will continue to meet the highest standards in the future.”

The President of the Stuttgart Federal Police Directorate, Carsten Laube, mentioned: “Maintaining high aviation security standards has always been and continues to be the top priority when implementing individual tasks.” The airport signed a contract with the Federal Ministry of the Interior in December final 12 months to take over the controls itself. In Frankfurt, Berlin and Cologne, the airports are already answerable for the controls.

Die Federal Police stays answerable for aviation safety. As earlier than, it’s answerable for the armed safety of the checkpoints, the certification and approval of recent management know-how and the certification of the aviation safety assistants deployed, because the airport introduced.

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