Controls on liquids and electronic devices at Spanish airports will be lifted in 2024. Last Minute EUROPE, CURRENT, Spain, TOURISM headlines and events

The state-owned company AENA, which manages airports in Spain, has announced that in 2024 it will stop separating checks of liquids and electronic devices taken from passengers’ luggage.

AENA has announced that in 2024 Spanish airports will use 3D X-Ray baggage scanners equipped with new technologies that analyze the contents of baggage in detail.

Madrid’s Barajas and Barcelona’s El Prat, where Spain accounts for 40 percent of passenger traffic, were reported to be the first airports to install the new scanners, with those devices to be deployed at Palma de Mallorca and other airports. end of 2024.

This year, AENA will announce a tender for the purchase of X-Ray 3D baggage scanners, which will allow liquids and electronic devices to be brought into airports without having to be removed from baggage.

AENA is investing €1,170 million over 10 years from 2018 to 2028 to upgrade baggage and security controls.