Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID), the trade association representing over 600 airports across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, today released its flagship Air Connectivity Index, recording an average growth of 11% in 2025 across the two regions.
The committee focused particularly on various emerging aviation security threats, including the rising number of drone attacks against civil aviation. The committee discussed the pros and cons of different anti-drone technologies and exchanged insights on their emergency response procedures for drone attacks.
Aimed to raise awareness and facilitate regional cooperation on enhancing air travel accessibility for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility, the workshop was attended physically and virtually by over 30 representatives from ASEAN Member States and industry associations, including ACI Asia-Pacific and IATA.
Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) has introduced the Asset Security Services to safeguard the infrastructure and assets within Velana International Airport (VIA). The Asset Security Services under airport Safety,
Over the years, ACI Asia-Pacific has played an active role in the area of aviation security and facilitation in the Middle East. Mr. Gary Leung, Manager, Security and Facilitation of ACI Asia-Pacific, is currently the vice-chair of the ICAO Middle East Regional Aviation Security and Facilitation Implementation Team (RAFIT).
Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) has successfully completed its fourth ISAGO Recertification Audit and renewed the registration under the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) Program. MACL and Velana International Airport (VIA) has been certified under this program since 2016.
Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific has released a Security Guidance Document to help airports strengthen security in order ensure adequate protection to passengers.
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced that from 18th June to yesterday (3rd July), Macau has recorded the total number of positive case to 852, and 2 senior elders passed away. The assessment of the SAR Government’s epidemic forecast and early warning team showed that the local epidemic is caused by the BA.5 variant, and believes that Omicron BA.5 is highly transmissible, highly occult, and has a short incubation period.
Kansai Airports will carry out an emergency exercise at the Fueling Center in Kansai International Airport (KIX) on June 24 simulating that a massive earthquake has affected the airport’s aircraft fueling facilities.
The 54th meeting of ACI World Security Standing Committee (WSSC/54) was held in Montréal from 25 - 26 May. The two-day meeting rallied over 20 security professionals from airports, World Business Partners and staff from ACI regional offices. Global security experts from ICAO, IATA and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) were invited as guest speakers in the respective sessions of the meeting.
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