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Soon, breeze through Dubai airport security without

worrying about liquids, laptops

Dubai Airports is trailing tech that will make security checks even quicker
Last updated: July 29, 2025 | 10:56

Dhanusha Gokulan, Chief Reporter

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The current trials of the new security machinery have been "very successful," Griffiths told Gulf
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Dubai: Passengers at Dubai International (DXB) may soon be able to pass through security without
removing liquids over 100ml or laptops from their bags. Similar to measures recently greenlit in
Europe, travellers will no longer be required to remove liquids exceeding 100ml from their bags or
take out laptops at security checkpoints.

Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, confirmed to Gulf News that trials are underway using new
state-of-the-art checkpoint scanners provided by Smiths Detection, a British company that was
recently awarded a contract by Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) for their deployment
across Terminals 1, 2, and 3.

Griffiths emphasised the importance of enhancing efficiency at DXB. He said, “It's absolutely
essential, because obviously we've grown 20 per cent in the last 10 years without any delivery of
additional major infrastructure," Griffiths said.
“So trying to make our existing infrastructure more and more efficient is a very, very important part
of our growth strategy over the next few years."

The most cumbersome part of the travel journey, passengers often resent the limit on LAGs (liquids,
aerosols and gels) in cabin baggage, as well as the obligation to extract electronics such as laptops
and tablets from hand luggage.
The world's busiest hub set another high with 46 million passengers in the first six months of 2025,
up 2.3 per cent year-on-year. It includes the 22.5 million during the April to end June period, higher
by 3.1 per cent.

Trials underway

He added, “We are already installing new machinery into both hold baggage screening and
passenger baggage screening, which means that laptops and liquids can stay in bags.”
Hold baggage screening is the process of inspecting checked luggage at airports to detect
prohibited items, especially explosives, before they are loaded onto aircraft.

The current trials of the new security machinery have been "very successful," Griffiths told Gulf
News. “We are seeing a much quicker and more reliable service,” he said. The primary focus of

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