Leeds Bradford is modernizing its security checkpoint

‍Dallas – Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has installed Leidos and Rohde & Schwarz security scanners enabling faster processing of passengers departing the airport.

Current UK Department for Transport protocols require liquids and electronic devices to be removed from hand luggage for scanning at security checkpoints. Liquids must be placed in containers that do not exceed 100 ml, but an unlimited number of these containers can be taken.

Electronic devices must also be removed from luggage to be scanned, a requirement that slows down passenger processing at security checkpoints because nearly every passenger must unpack and repack multiple items.

Leidos-Rohde & Schwarz Solutions

The new Leidos and Rohde & Schwarz screening technology installed at LBA allows passengers to leave both liquids and large electronic items such as laptops, iPads and tablets in their bags as they pass through security.

In addition, the new screening units increase security by detecting items and objects that passengers might be hiding on their bodies. Rohde & Schwarz’s passenger screening units use microwave imaging technology to help detect body-related contraband and other hidden or unwanted items.

The technology enables non-contact illumination of a human body with non-invasive, low-power millimeter waves to identify objects hidden between the skin and antennae.

Leeds Bradford Airport

LBA is located in Yeadon, England, approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Leeds city center and approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Bradford city centre. Serving Leeds and Bradford and the wider Yorkshire region. It is the largest airport in Yorkshire. The airport was publicly owned until May 2007, when it was acquired by Bridgepoint Capital.

In 2007, almost 2.9 million passengers passed through the airport, an increase of 88% in just seven years and more than twice as many as in 1997 (1.2 million). Much of the increase in passenger numbers since 2003 was due to the introduction of scheduled flights by established low-cost carriers (LCCs).

LBA handles numerous WizzAir (W6) and TUI (BY) flights to destinations in Romania and Poland. In late 2023, LBA saw the introduction of flights to two new destinations not served by the airport. Jet2 (LS) introduced flights to Agadir (AGA) and Ryanair (FR) launched flights to Marrakech (RAK).