Airports chief vocal about Brexit risks, drones, EC nexus on capacity & charges Brussels, 23 January 2019: At its annual New Year Reception¹ in the European Parliament last night, ACI EUROPE provided an overview of the burning issues the airport industry is facing in the year ahead. Addressing the event…
Global climate action effort now counts over 250 airports, 49 operated by carbon neutral companies · 259 airports now actively engaged in addressing their impact on Climate change · Airport operators of 49 airports worldwide are carbon neutral · Naples Airport become the 40th in Europe to run by a…
Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling has warned that the technology does not currently exist to completely prevent drone disruption at UK airports. He said that there was no “off the shelf solution” to stopping drones flying near critical national infrastructure and prevention technology was “very immature”. The Telegraph says that his…
IOM, the International Organization for Migration, reports that 113,145 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 19 December. This year is the fifth straight during which the arrival of irregular migrants and refugees has topped the 100,000 threshold – although 2018’s total is low compared to those…
Spanish civil guard on Sunday discovered African migrants inside two mattresses at the Melilla territory.In a video shared by Facebook user, Mohamed Hichonu, the security operatives could be seen lifting the mattresses off the roof of a car and one of them slicing it open with a knife.
“The government agency partners in the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have dual roles,’’ it says. “ They are both regulators and service providers. When any of their responsibilities are placed on pause due to a shutdown there are safety, security and efficiency gaps that…
USA – U.S Pilots Warn Government Shutdown is Affecting Safety US pilots have urged President Trump and congressional leaders to end the shutdown of government agencies because it is adversely affecting the safety, security and efficiency of the national airspace system. The call comes as news reports say airport screeners are calling…
USA – Airports Seeing Rise in Security Screeners Calling Off Work The federal agency tasked with guaranteeing U.S. airport security acknowledged an increase in the number of its employees calling off work during the partial government shutdown. Employees of the Transportation Security Administration are expected to work without pay during the shutdown…
