ICAO reaffirms Sri Lanka flying high in its aviation security systems

ICAO audit team together with aviation security inspectorate of Sri Lanka post along with Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and the National Coordinator, Director General of Civil Aviation & Chief Executive Officer P. A. Jayakantha

ICAO has audited Sri Lanka aviation security systems under the Universal Security Audit Programme Continuous Monitoring Approach (USAP-CMA) during the period May 8 to18th 2023. 
Here, the implementation of standards in the Annex 17 – Aviation Security and the security related standards and in Annex 09 – Facilitation together with the State capability on oversight of aviation security under 8 critical elements were subjected to careful and impartial evaluation by four member aviation security audit team, nominated in the hands of Secretary General to the ICAO.

Eleven full days of scrutiny on the aviation security systems had revealed that Sri Lanka is flying high in its performance.
At the concluding event, the post audit debriefing by the ICAO audit team leader Aurelien Lavayssiere presenting the interim report declared that Sri Lanka has achieved 92 percent of the score.

The DGCA, P.A. Jayakantha in his appointment as the National Coordinator for USAP audit Sri Lanka noted that all that was made possible due to the commitment and dedication of the aviation security and industry counterparts. 
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva said that Sri Lanka is proud of  this achievement and shortcoming, if any,  will be corrected sooner than later, giving an immediate moral support to those involved in the auditing process.

 G. S. Withanage - Chairman, Damitha Narangoda - Vice Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka)(Private) Ltd., the licensed aviation security service provider too were present throughout the event.
The minister also noted that the ongoing developments and initiatives of the civil aviation projects and tourism will also be beneficiaries of this achievement, expanding the horizon of the aviation map, and commercial aircraft transport operations too will be elevated to greater heights.