ABSTRACT
Terrorists make it their business to threaten the most basic of human rights – the right to life. The civil aviation industry has, since its inception, been dedicated to protecting the safety of passengers and crews. Indeed it is the incredibly good safety record of the world’s airlines that has helped to make air travel such a phenomenally successful mode of transport and one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Therefore even if there were no legal obligations on airlines and airports to provide security, there is an inescapable moral obligation resting on both governments and the civil aviation community to collaborate in taking all possible measures to protect passengers, crews, ground staff and the public in general against the scourge of aviation terrorism.1
