دانلود رایگان مقاله حفظ هزینه پایین امنیت محموله رویکرد بر اساس ریسک برای امنیت محموله هوایی

abstract

European Union regulations are not sensible to the proportionality of measures and provide fixed orientations and standards irrespective from the dimension of the airports. Additional security measures have been added over the years resulting in increasing security-related costs. The cost structure of security exhibits the existence of a relevant fixed component, concerning staff, equipment, or certification. Notable, smaller, and medium airports support higher costs of security than larger airports, due to the low volumes of cargo and passenger movements. Alternative approaches, notably risk based, have been advocated to support the definition of security procedures at airport level. Although studies have been conducted, none was found concerning these types of airports. This paper presents a research aimed to analyse the appropriateness of a risk based approach in the context of small to medium airports. The research focused in understanding whether such approach could provide tailored security requirements and, ideally, lower costs. A case study considering six airports - Horta, Lisbon, and Ponta Delgada (Portugal), and Adana S¸ akirpas¸ a, Erkilet International and Istanbul (Turkey) - of different sizes and located in different regions was conducted. The results make evident the advantages of a risk based approach to define appropriate security procedures, although it is not evident that a risk based approach will lower costs. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

5. Conclusions and future research

Although the SCS pathway already facilitates air cargo and mail security, the current aviation security framework imposes strict rules in all domains which can produce inefficiencies and raise costs. This is especially relevant in small and medium airports, where entities do not consider the SCS since the respective costs are much higher than performing the security procedures at the airport. Nevertheless, even in the screening pathway, the cost benefit of the security measures and equipment is still much higher than in busiest airports, as we have evidenced. The cost of air transportation has been increasing due to several factors, including security. Our results show that it is plausible to reduce them by working on the security. No work on security in small and medium airports has been found.