Africa
ASM DESTINATIONS
ROOT & BRANCH
A new – and free – security review for airports provided by the Airports Council International looks set to help drive best practice across long-suffering destinations in Africa WORDS EDWARD ROBERTSON
A
frican airports are fighting back against the ongoing security threat with a new scheme
available across the continent. Ali Tounsi, the regional secretary for
Airports Council International (ACI) Africa, says recent terrorist attacks in both Tunisia and Egypt had heavily impacted aviation traffic. In particular, he notes Monastir Habib
Bourguiba International Airport in Tunisia had seen a 90% fall in traffic following the terrorist attack on the beaches north
of the facility, which saw 38 tourists and locals gunned down in June 2015. He adds Sharm el Sheikh International
Airport had seen a decline in air traffic of about 80% after many countries suspended flights to the facility in the wake of the October bomb attack on a Metrojet aircraft, killing 224 people. However, he says ACI’s new Airport
Excellence (Apex) in Security Review should drive improvements in security once it has passed its pilot stage. The initiative consists of a week-long,
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