Airport redesign for safety and security:

Case study of three U.K airports

Manchester, Heathrow and London City

By

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION1

Background of the study1

Problem Statement1

Research Aims and Objectives2

Research question2

LITERATURE REVIEW3

Additional screening5

Hand-Wand Inspection6

Carry-On Baggage6

Pat-Down Inspection6

Airport security threats7

Bombings7

Airline hijacking7

Smuggling7

METHODOLOGY8

REFERENCES9

Airport redesign for safety and security:

Case studie of three U.K airports

Introduction

Background of the study

For the study conducted, the researcher will require the resources which would assist the researcher to identify key constituents that have been undertaken for the purpose. Airports are in every part of the world. Daily thousands of passengers travel by planes (Balakrishna 2008 54). It becomes very difficult for the airport to manage all the flights daily. Due to globalization, daily thousands of flights depart and reach the destination.

Problem Statement

The problem statement of this research is the management of the airport. Daily thousands of the passengers travel by plane all over the world. Here, the main problem is the management of the airport facilities. the researcher would look into the different methods through which the airport can manage its security and other operation. With the help of intelligence agencies, the number of security related incidents have decreased all the world. The intelligence agencies provides timely information and this way the terrorism activities have decreased all over the world. The germany plot is a good example in which the intelligence agencies countered the terrorist attack. According to the report by the CNN source, the attacker was a professional who used tough devices to attack. If this attack was successful then it could have resulted in more casualities. After this incident, the security issues became more important for the aviation industry and airports security measures became more sophisticated. This study will focus on issues like how to improve the security and safety for the passengers and the airport management. This research will be descriptive in nature and detailed examination would be done on the three selected airports. Both the arrivals and the departure schedules of the airport would be studied. All the factors which can affect the airport security either directly or indirectly would be studied in detail.

Research Aims and Objectives

For this purpose, the main objectives which the researcher will accomplish are

Security threats to Manchester, Heathrow and London City airports

Measures taken by the Manchester, Heathrow and London City airports to counter sercuirty issues

The recommendations to improve the Manchester, Heathrow and London City airports security

The researcher main objectives for this research include detailed review of the management softwares used by the airport authorities. The researcher will look at the existing security measures of the airport and give recommendations as to how to improve security measures.

Research question

The main question which will be addressed by the researcher are

What are the security threats to Manchester, Heathrow and London City airports?

What are the measures taken by Manchester, Heathrow and London City airports to improve their security?

How the security of the Manchester, Heathrow and London City airports can be improved?

Literature Review

Airplane hijacking is present in the world since 1931 when the first plane was hijacked for money ...