Changi Airport Group: Stepped Up Security Checks

Passengers departing from Changi Airport can now expect much more stringent security checks, including body searches, as a request by US authroities following a foiled bomb attack over Detroit on Christmas Day.

Some of these measures include (and not limited to):

a) Passengers to be seated during the final hour of the flight

b) In-flight entertainment system will be shut off at a specific time, including removal of blankets

c) Restriction on the usage of cabin phones

It is understood that different airports across the globe will impose their own respective security measures. On landing in US, they will be expecting "more" security checks in operation.

A background on how this initially evolved:

A 23-year-old Nigerian man was charged with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines plane in a Christmas Day attack that brought tightened aviation security and raised fresh concerns about terrorism.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to set off a device containing the explosive pentaerythritol as the aircraft approached the Detroit airport Dec. 25, the U.S. Justice Department said yesterday.

Fortunately, due to the alertness of fellow passengers on board the aircraft, Umar was quickly subdued by force, when they noticed something suspicious was going on.

Stay tuned....

Changi Airport Group - Official Launch

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore had been preparing for this day over the last 2 years and one could feel the energy particularly over the last 6 months where almost every divison in the organisation had ben playing their respective parts in the corporatisation efforts.

Apart form ramping up performance standards as well as training on all fronts, the emergency services and security units have also been involved in a great way as well. This included sending officers for relevant skills training to prepare for the corporatised role, as well as other areas of plans updating, logisitical acquisitionand so on.

As of today 1st July 2009, the new Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore as well as the new Changi Airport Group (wholely owned by Temesak Holdings) will commence operations in Singapore's aviation field.

Stay tuned for more developments ahead!

Changi Airport Group: A New Beginning...

First off, let me clarify by saying that this is not the official Changi Airport Group website and neither is it endorsed by the said organisation.

However, this blog was created from an avid aviation enthusiast's perspective, particularly from the field of emergency planning and business continuity. Why these two specific ares you ask? For one obvious reason: an airport community regardless of its infrastructure as well as hardware can never be "perfect" unless there exist some form of planning and response to emergency, crisis as well as disaster scenarios.

With recent occurrences in the aviation community where there have been reports or even "leaks" of potential non-desirable covert events taking place, it is a no brainer issue that airports around the world take a serious view and investment in aviation security as well as emergency response planning.

As this site developes, there will be other issues related to the aviation industry and particularly on Changi covered as well. So stay tuned!

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