CIVIL LIBERTIES campaigners have accused airport chiefs of sneaking in mandatory fingerprinting of passengers on domestic routes without proper consultation. Heathrow Airport has quietly introduced compulsory fingerprinting and photographic profiling of passengers on domestic routes, including to Glasgow and Edinburgh, ahead of the opening of its fifth terminal late next month.

The move has already caused disquiet among some passengers who were handed leaflets warning they would be barred from their flights unless they co-operated.