Security lane
The security lane is the gate between landside and airside. Every departing passenger has to pass through it, so its throughput often decides how smoothly your terminal runs.
How it works
The research Security adds security lanes and the control zone to your terminal. A lane sits on the border between a landside and an airside zone; passengers can only reach the airside area – and the gates behind it – by walking through a lane. Escalators and upper floors do not offer a way around it: zones only connect to zones of the same kind.
Each lane handles about one passenger every 30 seconds, roughly twice as fast as a check-in desk. It is also the most expensive staff position in the terminal.
Why you need it
Security is a prerequisite for Scheduled service, the research that brings airline contracts with feeder aircraft. In other words: no security, no airlines. Plan it in as soon as the first terminal is running.
Costs
- Fit-out: 30,000 € per lane.
- Staff: 450 € per lane and day.
Sizing
Departing passengers reach security in waves after check-in. One lane copes with a feeder aircraft or two; once regional jets arrive, two or more lanes keep the queue short. Watch for the warning signs:
- passengers queuing in the landside hall while airside seats are empty,
- boarding that starts with half the passengers still in line.
Satisfied passengers pay off twice – in airline satisfaction and in research points.