As this year’s summer travel season starts to heat up, take note of the extra time it may cost you to wait in the long airport security lines before boarding your plane. This year, it’s especially an issue because people are wary of increasingly long lines from Transportation Security Administration airport security checkpoints. Airport Security […]

One year ago this week, on March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. The aircraft was flying from Barcelona, Spain to Dusseldorf, Germany. Initial reports seemed to indicate that the co-pilot deliberately caused the Germanwings plane crash by flying the aircraft into the ground. Given […]

The Russian plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula on October 31st added a new dimension to Russia’s military involvement in Syria and to international travel security. The airliner, an Airbus A321 operated by the Russian airline Metrojet, departed from the Sharm el-Sheik airport in Egypt early in the morning full of returning Russian tourists bound […]

Executive Summary: Succession Planning and Corporate Travel Security Succession planning is a standard risk management technique practiced by many companies around the world. Succession planning is the process that ensures key roles within a company can be quickly filled in the event of injury, death, or untimely departure of a company executive. Normally, firms produce […]

Executive Summary: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Shot Down Over Ukraine On July 17th, 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was en-route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it crashed in eastern Ukraine. All of the 298 people aboard the flight were killed after the aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Although no one has […]