CASE STUDY: THE GLASGOW AIRPORT ATTACK FROM A BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT POINT OF VIEW Abstract: Glasgow Airport is owned and operated by BAA Ltd. Handling over 8. 8 million passengers a year; it is the busiest of the three BAA-owned Scottish Airports. Glasgow is situated in the west of Scotland with the airport some 7 miles to the west of the city centre near to the town of Paisley. On 30 June 2007‚ the second busiest day of the year due to the school holidays commencing the previous
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A Reference Security Management Plan for Energy Infrastructure Prepared by the Harnser Group for the European Commission Summer 2010 Under Contract TREN/C1/185/2009 A Reference Security Management Plan for Energy Infrastructure Foreword The European Union is developing its policy on critical energy infrastructures in relation to the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (“EPCIP”) which considers measures that will enhance‚ where necessary‚ the level of protection
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utrecht university | Privatizing airports: Efficiency enhancing? | The case of the United Kingdom | Project group 6DJorn de Ruijter - 3813894David de Vos - 3805638Franceska Toader - 3726177Ruben Verdoorn - 3833259 | Supervisor: A. van den BergCourse: Institutional Economics (ECB2IE) | 28-10-2012 | 1 Introduction The UK Government transferred the ownership of the British Airports Authority from the Government to the private sector on the first of April 1987. After 25 years‚ more than
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Airport Body Scanners and Personal Privacy Believe it or not‚ there was a time when passengers showed up an hour before their flights and walked directly to their assigned gates without taking off their shoes at a security screening station or throwing away their bottles of water. There was even a time when friends and family met passengers at the gate and watch their flights take off or land without having a ticket or identification…and that was only ten years ago. Air travel safety precautions
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Further Analysis of the financial performance of London Luton Airport Analysing the financial performance of the airport in recent years‚ could be done by selecting few key indicators to measure the performance of specific areas. These measures can highlight strengths and weaknesses in certain areas and indicate to manage where specific improvements can be made. The selected indicators in this report will be assessed both internally and compared to equivalent performance externally‚ Considering
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Security Operations Sec/310 Mr Ralph Martinez April 1‚ 2013 Security Organization The protection of persons‚ physical assets and information is a concern at every level of society. From the individual to the giant organization‚ the need for safety and security is a basic requirement. However‚ due to limited resources or lack of ability to confront numerous noncriminal risk‚ public law enforcement agencies are unable to provide adequate protection against the multitude of foreseeable threats
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operation as efficient as possible. Like all other airport‚ BIA also usually ends up with some minor problems. But all these problems are settled by the terminal manager. Terminal manager need to keep their ears and eyes open all the time. They also have to deal with major incidents such as bomb threats‚ stranded passengers. Their real job is to sort it all out and make sure everyone knows what is happening. BIA’s mission is the be the best regional airport in Europe. To achieve this state‚ they need to
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BTEC LEVEL 2 DIPLOMA IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM UNIT 14 Exploring Airports and Airlines Assignment No: 14b Assignment title: The Passengers Journey Subject Lecturer: Monish Bhandari For this task I will be explaining the passenger’s journey throughout an airport‚ and what they will come across. I’ll explain the journey from walking through the entrance to boarding your flight‚ there are also many facilities you and others will find useful. Functional areas-landside Check-in As
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Analyze the layers of security for General Aviation When someone uses the term general aviation (GA)‚ most think about a small single engine plane flying over a field or giving site seeing tours. However‚ after 9/11‚ that perception changed and people started to realize that small general aviation aircraft could be used to carry out future terrorist attacks. There have been many layers of security set in place to reduce the chances of an attack happening‚ which has proved to be effective in keeping
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1. Master Plan Content A good description of the content of an aerodrome Master Plan is provided in the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) document Rules and Practices for Aerodromes (RPAs)‚ which have now been superseded by the Manual of Standards Part 139. Although the RPAs are superseded‚ the following description of the contents of an Aerodrome Master Plan remains valid. The master plan should be written with the needs of the users of the document in mind. Major users would
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