Beat the travel blues

摘要

Enhanced airport security isn't the only way of protecting travellers from the threat of terrorism. Clever businesses are using technology to beat the travel blues. The days when travellers could whiz through airports with nothing but their hand luggage are no more - and it is uncertain when or if they will ever return.'It used to take me 45 minutes to clear airport security at each end,' says Neil Ward. As the national and regional sales manager with Bridisco Ltd, one of the UK's largest electrical suppliers, he occasionally needs to leave his base in Edinburgh and fly to other parts of the country.