Carry out passenger screening

The aim of aviation security checks is to prevent aviation security from being jeopardized by the carriage of prohibited items.

A comparison between booking documents (boarding pass) and personal documents, the so-called ID check, before access to the security areas at airports does not take place in Germany as part of aviation security checks. Police checks on cross-border traffic at the external sea and air borders of the Federal Republic of Germany's Schengen area check border crossing documents.

Travelers are obliged to carry their border crossing documents with them when crossing the border. It is possible that the air carrier may require the passenger to show an identity document.