Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2019-09-24

Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Explosive Detection Systems for the Cabin Baggage (EDSCB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA)

- X-Ray Cabin Baggage Screening Machines utilized to inspect the cabin baggage in the boarding gates at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) have been installed there since 2004 and breakdown of any of the said machines could lead to flight delays. Therefore, the proposal made by the Minister of Transport & Civil Aviation to commence the relevant purchasing to replace the the existing old Cabin Baggage X-ray machines with state of art X- ray machines of Computer Tomography for explosive detection and related security requirements, to ensure the aviation security standards, under the provisions of the emergency procurement utilizing the funds available for Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited, was approved by the Cabinet.