Tag: PGI Intelligence
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PGI Insight: Metrojet crash in Egypt initiates airport security review
Egyptian airport security standards criticised Media coverage following the crash of the Metrojet flight to Saint Petersburg drew attention to extensive security failings at Sharm el-Sheikh airport. Criticisms have included allegations of scanning machines rarely being used, bribery of security guards, and reports that only 20-30 percent of airport employees were subject to searches on…
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PGI Intelligence: Ethiopia’s planned mega airport to boost aviation and manufacturing sectors
The planned airport is set to be one of Ethiopia’s most ambitious projects, surpassed only by the USD 4.8 bn Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and demonstrates the government’s ongoing commitment to state-led development through investment in huge infrastructure projects. The new airport is planned in addition to an ongoing USD 350 mn expansion of the…