OREANDA-NEWS. October 19, 2012. Tolmachevo Airport has commissioned one more "Sibscan" facility for pre-screening passengers. It eliminates the need to take off clothes and shoes, as well as take out of pockets of metal objects and mobile phones. Modern way express control has been praised by customers of Tolmachevo: a third of passengers selects it .

The number of "Sibscan" facilities at Tolmachevo reached three with two in the domestic terminal and one in the international.

The Novosibirsk Airport (Tolmachevo) is the largest air transport hub East of the Urals on major transit routes between Europe and Asia. The capacity on domestic flights is 1,800 passengers per hour, on international flights - 750 passengers per hour. The airport has two runways. According to business plan in 2012 The Tolmachevo Airport plans to serve 3,155 thousand passengers that is 14% higher than in 2011.

X-ray inspection system "Sibskan"- a compact fully automated system intended to detect hidden on the body and in clothes explosives, glass and plastic vials and other items. The equipment is certified in civil aviation and has a sanitary passport. Capacity - 120 people per hour. "Sibskan" successfully operates in such airports as Domodedovo (Moscow), Pulkovo (St. Petersburg), Tolmachevo (Novosibirsk) and Khanty-Mansiysk Airport. Licenses for the production of the system were purchased by Japanese, South Korean and Chinese companies.