Fri, May 02, 2003
El Alto International: First in The Americas to Pass ICAO's
Aviation Security Audit
El
Alto International Airport (LPB), located at about 13,000 foot
altitude, above La Paz, Bolivia, is the first airport in the
Western Hemisphere, and third in the world, to successfully pass
the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Universal
Security Audit Program (USAP). El Alto is managed by SABSA, a
private company owned by the London-based global airport operator,
TBI plc. (SABSA manages El Alto under a 25-year contract with the
Bolivian Government, as well as two other airports in Bolivia:
Jorge Wilstermann International Airport in Cochabamba, and Viru
Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz.)
The audit was designed to assess ICAO member
state's National Civil Aviation Security Program (NCASP) and
compliance with ICAO standards. It was conducted by a team of four
certified ICAO audit members between March 28th and April 10th,
2003. Normally, ICAO provides six months notice of their wish to
perform this audit. SABSA was given less than two months notice.
Commenting on the success of the audit, Anthony Alicastro, Managing
Director of SABSA, "We are very pleased to see the hard work of
SABSA's staff and the team here at El Alto recognized by ICAO. For
some time now, we have been working with TBI through an internal
safety and security program called 'Business Risk Assurance,' this
was critical in allowing us to accept ICAO's request to perform the
audit with less than two months notice."
Felicitaciones.
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