by Skytrax: London, UK
Malta International Airport has been Certified with the highest 5-Star COVID-19 Safety Rating, by international air transport rating agency Skytrax. This Safety Accreditation is regarded as a global benchmark for defining safe travel assurance for customers.
The 5-Star COVID-19 Airport Safety Rating is a top recognition of the effectiveness of the hygiene and safety measures introduced by Malta International Airport to protect their customers and staff against the spread of coronavirus.
The COVID-19 audit was conducted in May 2021 evaluating over 175 safety protocols introduced by Malta International Airport in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to enhance customer and staff safety. The audits include assessment of the airport’s implementation of health, hygiene, and safety measures in accordance with the recommendations of the ICAO Council’s Aviation Recovery Task Force and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre for Disease
Heathrow s Covid-19 safety rating has been upgraded from three to four stars by Skytrax.
The respected UK-based air transport rating agency says it has boosted the airport s rating to reflect many improvements to the hygiene, safety and cleanliness protocols and standards introduced at the airport .
Heathrow s Covid-19 Airport Safety Rating has been upgraded from three to four stars by Skytrax. Pictured is the airport s departure lounge in Terminal 2
Heathrow’s original three-star rating was awarded following an audit last September. A second audit in April that evaluated over 175 safety protocols, however, recognised many improvements to its Covid-19 safety protocol implementation in the past six months, with enhanced hygiene and cleanliness measures. meeting a strong overall standard . It also noted that further enhancements [are] due in the coming months .
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ICAO and aerospace leaders discuss important role of innovation in addressing aviation’s ‘new normal’ post-pandemic
Montréal, 19 May 2021 – Addressing the Board of Directors meeting of the Aerospace Industries Association earlier today, ICAO Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano commented that the UN aviation agency’s Secretariat and governing Council “are acutely aware today of how important innovation will be to aviation recovery and sustainability in the pandemic’s aftermath.”
“This is why we’ve made the acceleration of effective standardization and regulation a highest priority for the coming years,” he emphasized, “so that the benefits of the numerous innovations on manufacturer drawing boards can be realized as quickly as prudent and possible for civil society and industry.”
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Han Kok Juan to be new CAAS director-general
Mr Han Kok Juan will take over as director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) with effect from Aug 2, 2021. (Photo: Ministry of Transport)
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SINGAPORE: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will have a new director-general with effect from Aug 2, with Mr Han Kok Juan taking over from Mr Kevin Shum, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) said on Wednesday (May 12).
Mr Han, who is currently the senior deputy director-general at CAAS as well as deputy secretary at MOT, will be appointed as CAAS director-general designate from Jun 1 to Aug 1 prior to taking over from Mr Shum.
As late 2001 turned into 2002, I had just left airport consulting firm LeighFisher Associates to start my own cargo-focused firm and was managing (on a part-time consulting basis) air cargo affairs for Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA), which needed supplemental support and I was available. Not only was it financially helpful to my then-fledgling firm but I gained invaluable insight into how an effective trade association operated and how associations cooperate when circumstances require. My chief responsibility for ACI-NA was to help represent the interests of airports in three air cargo security working groups established by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)