Air passenger experience of security screening: 2019
Results from a short set of questions about experiences of security screening from the CAA Passenger Survey at selected UK airports in 2019.
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Air passenger satisfaction with security screening in 2019 can be broadly summarised with:
- 86% of air passengers saying they were very satisfied or satisfied
- 50% of air passengers saying they were very satisfied
- 3% of air passengers saying they were very dissatisfied or dissatisfied
at surveyed airports.
The aspects of security screening with which passengers were least satisfied were:
- queuing (6%)
- slow speed of screening process (4%)
- staff attitude/politeness (2%)
- general organisation (2%)
Over three quarters of passengers (79%) said there was no aspect with which they were least satisfied. Over 90% of passengers agreed that any inconvenience caused by the security screening was acceptable. The average time passengers said they spent queuing for security screening was similar to the previous year – 8.7 minutes. In 2019, average perceived queuing time ranged from 5.0 minutes at Gatwick to 12.7 minutes at Manchester.
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