MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Airports Council International (ACI) Europe, a professional association of airport operators, has offered Russia to cancel the screening of passengers at the airports' entrance, the ACI director general said.
"These checks are potentially creating new security vulnerabilities. In particular, the screening on entry to airport terminals is counterproductive from a counter-terrorism perspective. The crowd (which can be large at peak times) presents an ideal target for those with bad intent," Olivier Jankovec said in a letter seen by RIA Novosti on Wednesday and sent to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on April 29.
On March 22, a series of blasts hit Brussels Airport and a metro station located near the EU institutions in the center of the city, killing 35 people. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Following the Brussels attacks, head of Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko said that the agency was expecting the decision of the European Union authorities to strengthen security measures that may affect the activities of the Russian airlines flying to Brussels and the European Union.
