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The policy of the integrated management system of the business company Letisko Košice – Airport Košice, a.s.
Košice International Airport is the second largest airport in Slovakia. It implements, maintains, and improves an integrated management system (IMS) that includes the quality management system (QMS), environmental management system (EMS), and occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS).
By consistently applying the principles of the integrated management system by all employees, the executive management aims to ensure the continuous improvement of the company’s processes and performance, with a focus on:
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higher customer satisfaction with the quality of services provided,
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increasing the number of flights and passengers,
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enhancing the performance and efficiency of company processes,
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reducing negative environmental impacts of processes,
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increasing information and cybersecurity,
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enhancing the safety and health protection of employees and cooperating organizations during work.
The executive management of the company is committed to creating the conditions for the compliance with and development of the principles of this policy:
Customer satisfaction
- Our company is guided by customer requirements. We create all the conditions to ensure that customer requirements and expectations are met and exceeded. Through satisfaction surveys, we identify areas where we can improve and thus provide our customers with the best possible services.
Responsibility
- The executive management of the company holds the ultimate responsibility for prosperity and continuous improvement.
- The requirements for workplace safety and environmental protection related to the company’s processes are on par with the requirements for service quality and are an integral part of the business activities of the executive management.
- We emphasize personal responsibility for individuals, regardless of their organizational position.
- We prudently utilize financial resources to improve our services, develop infrastructure, and assess their effectiveness in accordance with the principles of this policy.
Systematic approach
- We have created, maintain, and improve an integrated management system focused on service quality, occupational health and safety, environmental protection, and information and cybersecurity.
- We develop and update the company’s management regulations to ensure the required level of occupational health and safety, as well as environmental protection, with clear definitions of the powers and responsibilities of individual employees.
- We continuously monitor the status of aviation regulations, legislative and technical standards, and manage our processes in accordance with these standards.
Suppliers
- We assess our suppliers’ approach to occupational health and safety, as well as environmental protection, and consider this criterion when selecting them.
- We prioritize the use of materials and technologies that minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Communication
- We use internal communication tools to inform employees about risks that threaten their health, the environment, and information and cybersecurity risks.
- We appropriately inform all company employees, business partners, and the public about the contents of this policy.
Surveillance and prevention
- We conduct systematic monitoring of the company’s processes in terms of quality, occupational health and safety, and environmental impacts. Identified deficiencies are documented, and corrective actions are taken to eliminate the identified nonconformities.
- We implement preventive measures to avoid nonconformities, risks, and accidents.
- We take measures to prevent injuries and harm to health.
Employee training
- Through continuous and purposeful training of employees, we raise their awareness in the areas of the integrated management system.
- We verify the knowledge and skills of employees and their ability to respond appropriately to potential risks and emergency situations.
Continuous improvement
- To implement the integrated management system policy, we set specific, time-bound goals and programs, with designated individuals responsible for their implementation.
- We continuously seek opportunities to rationalize energy consumption, raw materials, and materials usage, as well as reduce the amount of technological waste.
- We regularly review and evaluate the results of the policy, goals, and IMS programs, using the evaluation results to update the policy and identify opportunities for further improvement.
The executive management of the company expects that every employee will familiarize themselves with this policy and will create the conditions for our business partners to also become acquainted with and comply with it.
In Košice, 01.02.2025, Thomas Dworschak, Executive Director
Privacy Policy
Airport Košice – Airport Košice, a.s., Košice Airport, 041 75 Košice, IČO: 36 579 343
Contact details:
manboard@airportkosice.sk
+421 55 6832 112
As the operator of the information system, we publish this personal data protection statement in compliance with the requirements for fairness and transparency towards data subjects, in accordance with Article 13 and the relevant recitals of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereinafter referred to as the “Regulation”) and Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on the protection of personal data and on the amendment of certain laws (hereinafter referred to as the “Personal Data Protection Act”).
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The purposes for which personal data of data subjects (employees, clients) are processed in our information systems are clearly defined, explicitly stated, and justified, with the processing of personal data being in compliance with the principle of lawfulness in accordance with Articles 6 and 9 of the Regulation (specific purposes and legal grounds are listed in the annex of these Personal Data Protection Principles).
Data subjects whose personal data are processed in our information systems for specific purposes may exercise the following rights in writing or electronically:
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