The Calgary International Airport is centralizing all of the checkpoints for domestic travel, in new construction that has aimed to consolidate the screening procedure for Canadian travellers.
The consolidated checkpoint will remove the need for travellers to remove laptops from bags, and permitted liquids, aerosols, and gels from carry-on bags in a process that the Calgary Airport Authority said would make the screening process faster and more efficient.
“This is a game changer,” said Chris Miles, Chief Operating Officer at the Calgary Airport Authority, in a prepared media release.
“We’ll bring three separate screening checkpoints into one consolidated location that will move people through faster and allow us to meet and exceed expected passenger growth for years to come.”
The centralized screening is set to open at by the end of 2025, with seven different pre-screening boarding lanes.
An additional two are set to open by 2027, which will double the number of passengers able to be screened, said airport officials.
The centralized security lanes will be equipped with CT X-Ray technology, which was first announced to be used regularly by the Calgary Airport Authority to be used in Dec. on the screening line for the United States.
“It reduces delays in screening, and lets passengers travel through the checkpoint without having to separate their belongings into multiple bins. YYC is one of the first airports in Canada to install this technology and bringing it to the Domestic Terminal with centralized screening will build on that future-forward investment,” said Miles.
The Calgary International Airport had a record number of passengers in 2024, with 18.9 million visitors travelling through the airport. That number is expected to grow throughout the next decade, airport officials said.
