Paw patrol: Hong Kong airport dog unit to cover reopened Terminal 2

Security contractor Avseco’s canine unit, which is marking its fifth anniversary, will be on patrol in Terminal 21-MIN READ1-MIN0ListenPublished: 6:55pm, 12 Jun 2026Hong Kong airport’s security contractor has expanded its canine patrol unit to the newly relaunched Terminal 2, deploying 20 dogs and their handlers to cover the expanded facility.Jacob Cheung Tat-keung, executive director of the Aviation Security Company (Avseco), said on Friday that operations at Terminal 2 had been generally smooth, although passenger numbers had increased as 15 airlines had moved in over the past few weeks.Cheung said the deployment of the dogs would depend on traffic at the two terminals of Hong Kong International Airport, and the company would add more dogs as needed.02:25Hong Kong International Airport reopens upgraded Terminal 2He added that the company had only hired a small number of staff for the new terminal, as some employees who used to work in Terminal 1 were transferred there, while all security screening facilities were being upgraded to advanced systems.