Just two days after declaring that Guyana’s two international airports did not meet minimum security standards, Minister of Transport Robeson Benn is backtracking on the statement.
In a press release issued late Wednesday, Ministry of Works and Transport sought to explain that the Minister was providing his own personal view about the staff at the airport needing to improve the quality of their service.
The release said “the perspective he was making reference to, was his personal expectation of the security staff to raise the standard of service delivered to the passengers and users of the airports. Minister Benn was challenging participants to be more industrious when executing their duties, since passengers rely on them to be safe and secure”.
According to the Transport Ministry, since 2003, “the Cheddi Jagan International Airport has been successfully audited by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on an annual basis. Likewise, the Ogle International Airport is also audited by the GCAA for compliance with international standards on an annual basis.”
The United States has been hosting several airport security programmes in Guyana with local agencies in an effort to beef up security on flights from Guyana that are destined for the United States.
Filed: 28th August, 2014
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