The introduction of modern hand luggage scanners based on computer tomography could help reduce long queues at security gates at German airports. However, these scanners are still in short supply at many locations. The new devices are only being installed slowly before the holiday season, as a request by Der Spiegel to the Federal Police and the Government of Upper Bavaria revealed. The new scanners are still rare, particularly at large airports such as Frankfurt am Main. Of around 170 control lanes, only 34 have been converted to the modern technology. The situation is similar at other locations: Hamburg has only six CT scanners, Hanover has just one, and in Cologne/Bonn the number has shrunk from two to one device. The modern technology has the advantage that the hand luggage of more than 200 passengers can be scanned per hour, which corresponds to an increase of 40 percent compared to previous capacities. However, Germany is not a leader in the introduction of this technology. The Federal Police had long expressed concerns about the adequate testing of the scanners. In other countries such as the Netherlands and Italy, CT scanners have been in use for some time. The Federal Police are planning to equip other airports and control lanes with this technology in the medium and long term. The procedure is being coordinated with the procurement office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs. At present, it is often unclear to passengers which control lane the modern scanners are installed in. However, the Federal Police stresses that passengers will be informed directly at the relevant lanes about the reduced preparatory measures. In the future, the equipment of airports with CT scanners could