Airline passengers are largely in favour of stringent security measures at major airports in the UK, the Air Transport Users Council (AUC) has claimed.
In 2006, the government ushered in a wave of tightened security measures governing the carrying of liquids on board aircraft after police said they had broken up a transatlantic bomb plot.
While the resulting trial failed to conclusively prove that airplanes had been the intended target, the AUC has affirmed that most travellers appreciate the severity of the risk.
A recent poll of 3,000 British executives by Barclaycard found that 48 per cent want enhanced security at transport hubs, and AUC spokesman James Fremantle insists that sentiment is widespread.
“All passengers – not just business passengers – want strict and correct security,” he unequivocally declared. “But at the same time they don’t want to be greatly inconvenienced by it.”
Mr Fremantle added: “I think in the end passengers are quite happy to put their faith in the government and if the government feel transport needs extra security then passengers will have to accept that.”
