• The U.K. security scare in August is set to cost British Airways some US$190 million in cancelled flights, according to media reports.

• A FibroLAN system has been deployed as the fiber-optic backbone for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) surveillance, communications and data networks.

• The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has approved luggage locks from Travel Sentry or Safe Skies. TSA staff have special tools for unlocking them and will relock suitcases after inspection.

• BAA has launched a campaign to recruit 100 women and 60 men to work as permanent part-time security officers at London Stansted Airport, after the U.K. Department for Transport boosted security requirements there.

• The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a US$550,252 contract to Sky Group Associates Inc. of Washington for a large aircraft standard security program.

• Unisys has announced that a biometric badge it designed for airport freight drivers is being pilot tested with United Airlines at Dulles International Airport.