"US$150mn investment needed to improve Mexican airport safety"

Tuesday, December 7, 2004

US$150mn investment needed to improve airport safety
BNamericas.com


International airports throughout Mexico will have to invest as much as
US$150mn to bring security levels up to international standards by 2006,
local daily Reforma quoted Siemens Mexico official Froylan Aparicio as
saying.

The main installment will include machines that detect explosive material in
luggage, Aparicio said, who is the head of airport systems at the German
engineering company. 

The security measure is called for by a civil aeronautic branch of the UN
(ICAO) that represents the interests of 185 countries and promotes
international aviation safety. 

In Mexico there are 47 international airports, according to reports, of
which 34 are managed by private groups. Airport management will have to
cover the costs of these installations but will then recover the costs with
an added charge on airline fares.


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