Gatwick Airport enhances security and efficiency with CLIQ

Background

As the UK's second largest airport, Gatwick serves around 34 million passengers each year and supports thousands of staff and contractors across the site. Managing secure access to critical areas while maintaining operational efficiency presented a significant challenge.

The airport required a solution that could improve key control, provide greater visibility of access activity and reduce the inefficiencies associated with traditional mechanical key management.

Solution

ABLOY UK supplied Gatwick Airport with a CLIQ web-based security management system, including approximately 400 keys, 150 locks and multiple programming devices located across the site.

The system enables centralised administration of access rights and allows keys to be remotely programmed and updated. By eliminating the need for staff and contractors to travel between airside and landside locations to collect keys, Gatwick has achieved significant operational time savings.

CLIQ also provides comprehensive audit trails, allowing airport personnel to monitor access activity, track contractor usage and maintain complete accountability for key and lock operations.

Mark Billyard, Engineering Manager at London Gatwick, said:

"CLIQ helps us to efficiently provide temporary access to facility areas, reducing the risk of lost keys as well as eliminating wasted contractor time on site. It is vital for Gatwick Airport staff to know who has access to doors across the site."

"The CLIQ system allows for the monitoring of who uses these keys and when, leaving essential audit trails from locks and keys."