Security screening available for small airports

The Government of Canada will put new regulations in place to allow airports that don’t have access to security screening services from the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) to obtain them on a cost-recovery basis.

The new regulations allow smaller, non-designated airports to invest in screening services in order to provide passengers with connecting flights to larger airports, while enhancing the security of the aviation system in Canada.

There are currently more than 200 airports in Canada that offer commercial flights, fewer than half of which are designated in regulation to provide mandatory passenger and baggage screening.

The changes to the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations, 2012 were published in Canada Gazette, Part II on July 29, 2015.