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handling business. I think nobody from the
ground handling business would oppose
anything that concerns safety and security
measures at airports," says Hanno.
"We do abide with the regulations
enforced by the local authorities (the air-
port police and the civil aviation authority)
regarding safety and security and we do
make sure that our staff and team mem-
bers also conform to what we are supposed
to comply with, in particular, with regard to
security, that if anything looks suspicious
it has to be reported immediately," he adds.
"Maintaining safety and security standards
is a matter of image at the very end, it is
not just the image of the ground handling
company but it is also the image of a whole
country. It can also affect the image of the
airlines, these are our customers and if, for
safety or security reasons, our customers
stop coming to a destination that we - as a
ground handling company – serve, then we
are out of business, it is as simple as that".
The standard practice is that the aviation
threat level is determined by the authorities.
"This threat level is communicated to
ground service providers and the carrier
community and 'commensurate' measures
are adopted both within the terminal, on the
ramp and in the cargo facilities. It would be
fair to say that many of the security mea-
sures - certainly in the UAE - take the form
of covert operations although there are, of
course, highly visible measures in place,"
says Conway. "Airport security in the Mid-
dle East is typically the remit of the police
and/or the military. The role of the han-
dler is to follow the requirements of the
National Civil Aviation Security Programme
(NCASP). This outlines baggage reconcilia-
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