Airports in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions are setting new benchmarks in passenger experience. 35 airports out of a total 95 airports globally were recognised in the prestigious 2024 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards by Airports Council International (ACI). Collectively, airports in the region won 68 awards, across categories.
An ACI World's Airport Excellence Program (APEX) APEX in Security review was successfully conducted at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) from 27 November to 1 December, hosted by Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV). It was the first ever APEX review conducted in the country.
Adoption of technology for enhanced airport security remained on the top agenda at the 31st ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East Regional Aviation Security Committee (RASC) that convened in Bangkok from 7-9 November 2023.
Developed by the ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East Regional Aviation Security Committee (RASC), this guidance document provides practical examples that can make airport security operations more sustainable from environmental, social, and economic perspectives.
Two APEX in Security reviews were successfully conducted at Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) from 11-15 Sep and at Lombok International Airport (LOP) from 18-22 Sep, hosted by PT Angkasa Pura I in Indonesia.
ACI Asia-Pacific has been playing an active role in representing and promoting airports’ interests through ICAO in the area of aviation security. The 11th ICAO Asia & Pacific Regional Aviation Security Coordination Forum (RASCF-APAC/11) was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 26-27 July, 2023. As an annual regional security forum, hosted by ICAO, the event was attended by over 70 aviation security experts from state regulators and industry associations from across Asia-Pacific region.
Airport security experts extensively deliberated on human resource challenges and cybersecurity threats at the 30th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Aviation Security Committee (RASC) meeting held recently in Osaka, Japan. The meeting was attended by 35 security experts from airports in the region.
At the 11th Asia Pacific Aviation Security Heads of Regulators (HOR) Meeting on 3 March 2023, ACI Asia-Pacific emphasised human-related difficulties in airport security and urged regional governments to work together with the airports to tackle such challenges providing to enable smooth recovery of the industry.
The ICAO joint Europe and Middle East 10th meeting of the Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation (CAPSCA EUR-MID/10) was held from 14-15 February 2023 in Bahrain.
ACI Asia-Pacific participated at the 9th Annual Technical and Operational Meeting (ATOM) of the Cooperative Aviation Security Programme – Asia Pacific (CASP-AP) in Singapore from 9-10 February 2023, hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS).
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