Delhi airport world’s 1st to get ISO-22301
8 Feb 2013 5:10 AM IST
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has become the first airport in the world to achieve ISO 22301:2012 certification. It has been awarded this certification by British Standards Institution (BSI) after meeting the guidelines and assessment set out by the International Organisation of Standardization (ISO).
ISO 22301:2012 is the latest standard on the Business Continuity Management system, a carefully drafted and systematically presented framework enabling an organisations to follow a disciplined approach in identifying critical processes and to ensure business continuity with minimum disruption while its one or more critical processes are temporarily interrupted.
The certificate was presented by BSI India MD Venkataram Arabolu to Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) Chief Executive Officer I Prabhakara Rao.
‘DIAL felt that it was imperative to assess the preparedness of Delhi airport in handling emergency situations during temporary disruption of critical processes due to unforeseen circumstances,’ said Rao.
‘Initiatives like these makes us better equipped to handle past incidents such as power disruption and check in system failure. Passengers travelling from Delhi airport can now rest aside their travel worries every time they travel through Delhi Airport,’ he added.
ISO 22301:2012 is the latest standard on the Business Continuity Management system, a carefully drafted and systematically presented framework enabling an organisations to follow a disciplined approach in identifying critical processes and to ensure business continuity with minimum disruption while its one or more critical processes are temporarily interrupted.
The certificate was presented by BSI India MD Venkataram Arabolu to Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) Chief Executive Officer I Prabhakara Rao.
‘DIAL felt that it was imperative to assess the preparedness of Delhi airport in handling emergency situations during temporary disruption of critical processes due to unforeseen circumstances,’ said Rao.
‘Initiatives like these makes us better equipped to handle past incidents such as power disruption and check in system failure. Passengers travelling from Delhi airport can now rest aside their travel worries every time they travel through Delhi Airport,’ he added.
Next Story
