Some flights cancelled to Egypt, others half-empty

Security and safety are the two most important keywords relevant to the above situation.
It is fairly justified to say that Egypt as a touristic destination is a fact belongs to pre- January 2011.
Who would be interested to visit an almost lawless country where thugs have the upper word and the security forces lack the necessary plans and skills required to tackle the deteriorated level of discipline?
Having said so, it is natural for the incoming traffic to decrease like that. However, the outgoing traffic may be better because of more Egyptians and foreigners leaving the country for better place away from Egypt.
Date: 29 July 2013 commenting on http://www.fresnobee.com/

Deadly blast comes at sensitive time for Russia

The airport is claiming that it was the first passenger airport terminal in Russia to be certified under ISO 9001:2000.
ISO for what? For sloppy security standards?
Ironically, Domodedovo Airport spokeswoman rejected the words of President Medvedev about the responsibility of the airport management toward that serious security breach.

Date: 25 January 2011 commenting on http://www.nytimes.com/

Egyptian minister disgruntled at not being searched at Cairo Airport

We trust you, Mr. Minister.
Take it easy on yourself Mr. Minister. We trust you. It does not make any sense for the security personnel to search you and your luggage while letting a low-rank policeman to go without searching. What I said so far does NOT mean that the security personnel at Cairo Airport are doing a great job. On the contrary, the applicable security system needs to be totally revamped.

Date: 10 June 2011 commenting on http://english.ahram.org.eg/

Check your jacket, sir?

Unfortunately, there are no police patrols on board of Air France flights.
The task of keeping order on board was originally thought to be performed by cabin crew members. What about the possibility of a passenger stealing from another passenger? Will the cabin crew act as a police force or will they ask the thief to share the loot with them?

Date: 26 July 2010 commenting on http://aviationreport.blogspot.com/

Five weirdest travel stories

Plastic utensils are supposed to be disposed without thinking of reusing them. Proper cleaning may render them harmful for human use.

Seemingly, God has created Rolando Negrin with such strong hands to compensate with his relatively weak private part.

Who said that the swimming pools are 100% hygienically clean? If necessary, just swim at your risk!

Ginger McGuire has the right to sue them for such major negligence.
More importantly, did the relevant authorities re-search the aircraft after being unattended for more than 3 hours?

Date: 01 June 2010 commenting on http://www.bnet.com/

Catching terrorists: Why profiling is not the answer

Ethnic profiling is not a viable solution for combating terrorism.
Singling out passengers on the basis of race or religion would trigger the issue of discrimination. Alternatively, an environment of equality would increase the collaborative action of everyone.
What we really need is strict alertness of official security agencies. Of course, the official role of security has to be complemented by a vigilant sense of responsibility maintained by all of us.
Israel has long managed a highly successful security system for the Israeli air industry. What about copying the Israeli model instead of inventing a system which might be proven infeasible down the road?

Date: 06 January 2010 commenting on http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Next up: The boob bomber

The tug of war between terrorists and security agencies will be always there. What could be really sad is acknowledging the fact that terrorists could have the lead in that highly dangerous game. So far, security agencies are only reacting by taking precautionary measures to thwart terrorist acts similar to those which happened in the past.
Detroit’s last terrorist attempt proved that the system failed even to be proactive when it carelessly ignored valuable pieces of intelligence. No wonder that President Obama bluntly admitted that the system screwed up.
Terror is a deadly activity between the terrorists who seemingly know how to deal with scanning machines, and security agencies which are not subject to the humiliating effect of the scanning machines. The only victims are the innocent air travelers.

Date: 06 January 2010 commenting on http://www.forbes.com/