Media advisory - CATSA wants to help passengers breeze through security at YQB during March Break

21/02/2017 13:05

QUÉBEC, Feb. 21, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Members of the media are invited to an information session aimed at providing passengers with advice to breeze through security at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) during the busy March Break period. With more than 20,000 travellers expected through security next week, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) wants to make sure that passengers' screening experience is quick and hassle-free.

Intercepted items. (CNW Group/Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA))

*Where:*	*Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport*
	*Near the screening checkpoint*
	*Departures Level*

*When:*	*Thursday, February 23, 2017*
	*10:30 a.m.*

*Photo Op:*	Intercepted items from passengers' carry-on baggage

CATSA, established in 2002, is a Crown corporation responsible for:

Pre-board screening – the screening of passengers, their carry-on baggage and their personal belongings;
Hold baggage screening – the screening of checked baggage;
Non-passenger screening – the screening of non-passengers on a random basis; and
Restricted Area Identity Card – the administration of access control to airport restricted areas through biometric identifiers.

Passengers at a screening line. (CNW Group/Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA))