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THE
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) has passed the
security examination of the International Civil Aviation
Organization (Icao), placing the Naia on a par with
world-class airports around the world.
The Icao
officials were “impressed with the consistent
high-standard screening procedures of persons and
luggage at various screening points,” according to
Manila International Airport Authority (Miaa) general
manager Alfonso Cusi.
Cusi
said Icao representatives Ken Robinson and Grahan
Lockwood remarked that “the pat-down process was not
only efficient but also nonintrusive.”
He told
them the Miaa “is exerting all efforts geared toward
further improving not only the security process, but
also taking care of the sensitivity of passengers not to
be unduly bothered by body frisking, which annoys many
air travelers.”
The Icao
officials arrived incognito March 13 and monitored for
two weeks the security procedures, which is the air
organization’s usual procedure to ensure accuracy of its
evaluations.
Airports
found to be deficient are immediately notified of lapses
or lack of the prescribed practices, and those unable to
remedy the situation within a prescribed period are
downgraded to a lower category. |
