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United invites MileagePlus members to donate miles to help Afghanistan evacuee aid efforts
United has said that it will match all donations up to five million miles.
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Creating a more secure aviation industry in a post-pandemic era
Neville Hay, Director of Brooklyn Associates, explains why now is the time for the aviation industry to invest in its workforce and embrace the opportunity that the pandemic has created to review and challenge its security practices.
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Explore how Motorola Solutions’ Safe Airport integrated technology ecosystem drives meaningful operational improvements while ensuring an environment of safety
During its webinar on the Safe Airport ecosystem Motorola talked through the different situations airports would encounter and how the integrated technology would detect, analyse, communicate and respond in those situations.
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The key challenges for today’s airports and becoming fit for the future
Dr. Ralf Gaffal, Managing Director of Munich Airport International’s (MAI) Business Division, spoke to International Airport Review about the key challenges and questions that airports need to address sooner rather than later, highlighting best practices and using Munich International Airport (MUC) as an example.
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Why Performance Based Oversight, SeMS and professionalisation of training are imperative for the aviation sector
Kirsty Wells, SeMS Programme Lead, and Nina Smith, Head of Training and Human Factors at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), discuss the move towards Performance Based Oversight and how SeMS is the stepping stone in achieving this, alongside the professionalisation of training.
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How NSO’s solutions provide COVID-19 tracking and counter-drone support
Gilad Sahar, Business Director in NSO Group’s Counter-UAV division, tells International Airport Review about the technology developer’s Eclipse and Fleming solutions, and how they are supporting the aviation industry in combating malicious drone use and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ACI World publishes new Airport Security Risk Assessment Handbook
The new handbook promotes better understanding of how to prioritise security risks.
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Emphasising the importance of a safe and secure aviation industry
Despite often being seen as an inconvenience and the reason for longer journey times, José Luis Nieto, Head of the Security Division at Aena, discusses the importance of airport security in ensuring safe travel and limiting the number of industry-changing security issues.
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Within aviation security, mitigating measures must be sustainable
As new security threats impose themselves on airport systems – including drones, insider threats, cyber-hackers and planned acts of terrorism – International Airport Review spoke to three individuals involved in the security sector to explore their views of airport security, their visions for the future, and the advice they can…
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UK’s cyber-defence agency prevent airport email scam
NCSC reveals that a fake email address from an unnamed UK airport was used to try and scam more than 200,000 people.
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Aviation integral to limiting the movement of foreign terrorist fighters
ICAO highlights the necessity of advanced passenger information and passenger name record in a bid to limit the movement of potentially dangerous people.
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Attempted hijacking of Aeroflot plane en-route to Moscow
A drunk passenger on Aeroflot flight to Moscow attempted to divert the plane to Afghanistan, but how does this happen in an age of such tight security measures?
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ICAO Aviation Security Week addresses the threat to civil aviation
ICAO Aviation Security Week forges important progress on coordinating responses to terrorist mobility and emerging threats.
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Airport IT and Security: Protecting airports from cyber-attack – Breaking down the silos
6 September 2018 | By Airport IT & Security 2018
This webinar focuses on what airports should do to optimise cyber security in the entire airport and bring together perspectives from IT, security and building control to break down the barriers between airport departments to fully combat cyber terrorism.
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Impostor uncovered at Washington Dulles thanks to new biometric system
Biometrics prove that the fuss really was worth it as an impostor is apprehended at Washington Dulles International Airport.