[Halan]

How is this news? A lot of airports in Europe had had this for years and even in England there were terminals within the major hubs where this was already the norm

[n4r9]

Heathrow is by far the largest airport in the UK, with several times more flights per day than any other, and flights to a broader range of destinations. So it affects a lot more prospective fliers. I looked up European airports and found some mention that Rome and Milan also have this new equipment, but they're both still significantly smaller than Heathrow.

[Halan]

Gatwick already had it too, at least a part of it.

The fact Heathrow got 30/40% more traffic than other airports in the same continent already having it doesn’t make the news worth all this noise.

[gpvos]

Schiphol had this for a while (several years I think, I don't fly often), but they reversed it a couple of years ago because European regulators didn't agree for some reason, and now liquids are forbidden again (discussed elsewhere in thread). So this surprises me and is news to me.

[lavezzi]

Because Heathrow markets itself as a world class airport and they have been woefully behind the times with regards to updating their security tech