Held under the theme Attitude and Altitude: Elevating Safety Culture, the event brought together aviation partners, health and wellness organizations and other stakeholders who shared information and practical tips on workplace safety, physical health and the importance of mental well-being.

Throughout the day, participants received health screenings and massages, took part in fitness challenges, sampled healthy food options and gathered information on safety practices in an airport environment.

Vernice Walkine, President & CEO of NAD, thanked partners and airport employees for attending. She said the annual event reflects the company’s commitment to ensuring that the airport community is equipped to operate safely and that team members are able to perform at their best.

“We cannot operate a region-leading airport if our airport employees are not healthy and well and if they are not observing the best practices for safety,” Walkine said. “This event provides an opportunity for employees to check their vital statistics, focus on their health and wellness and learn more about safety practices to keep themselves, their peers and colleagues safe.”

Since its inception, the Expo has continued to grow with greater participation from across the airport community and stronger partnership with health, wellness and safety providers.

“Each year has gotten bigger and better, with more participants, more employees coming out and more vendors,” said Jonathan Hanna, Vice President of Operations at NAD. “Safety is at the core of everything that we do as an airport and with over 4,000 airport employees, we also want to make sure our employees are healthy and safe.”

Nishad Menon, Manager, SMS & Regulatory Compliance at NAD, said the involvement of external stakeholders remains an important element of the event’s overall success.

“We realized this year that involving our external stakeholders and more persons in the planning of the event was essential to having full participation from not only NAD staff, but the entire airport community,” Menon said. “This is the biggest event that we’ve had so far and hopefully there is bigger and better to come.”

NAD welcomed back returning participants from the Bahamas Crisis Centre, BTC, Caribbean Bottling Company, Commonwealth Brewery, Fitness Connection, Nassau Agencies Ltd., Ports International, British American Financial (BAF), Cash N’ Go, Doctors Hospital, Lowes Pharmacy, Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance (NHI), National Emergency Medical Services (NEMS) and NAD’s Sunflower Programme. New partners included the Bahamas Air Navigation Services Authority (BANSA), Lightbourn Trading, Nassau Flight Services (NFS), Thompson Trading, United Airlines, Tranquilitas Spa and The Bahamas Chapter of Women In Aviation.