Air Transport Safety and Security

Abstract

Over the last 20 years, the reduction in aircraft accident rates has been due to proactive and predictive safety measures implemented through state safety program and safety management system. Likewise, gradual enhancement of security measures is achieved using advanced screening technology, threat assessment, and behaviour detection through analytics and the security management system. The pandemic had a significant impact on the aviation industry, with decreased operations, revenue loss, and idle aircraft, among other things, which brought many challenges to the industry. The reactivation of the human resources and assets, especially inoperative aircraft, will be a huge task when the traffic accelerates. This chapter is a simplified form of safety and security management with processes/models to assess and mitigate the risks to ensure safety and security performance. In addition, this chapter highlights broader issues foreseen due to pandemics and describes models to evaluate additional risks comprehensively and mitigate them.