All articles by Adele Berti

1. Baggage handler strikes: is there a crisis in the UK?

   “The issue is that baggage handlers are undervalued, they’re considered as unskilled – even though an airport couldn’t function without…
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   16 Apr
2. Q&A: the financial impacts of Covid-19 on the aviation industry

   At the end of March, the UK Government launched an airlift operation to repatriate thousands of Britons stranded away from…
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   15 Apr
3. Q&A: ACI World discuss best practice for airport IT during Covid-19

   Having more staff work from home means greater exposure to hacks, phishing activities and other cybersecurity challenges capable of bringing…
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   9 Apr
4. Timeline: the history of airport body scanners

   Screening technologies like body scanners have been commonplace ever since the 9/11 attacks, which led to tighter luggage rules and…
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   6 Apr
5. Airline fuelling strategies: can more be done to save carbon and cut costs?

   Fuel typically accounts for between 17% and 25% of an airline’s operating costs. The volatile nature of its price, however,…
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   2 Apr
6. How coronavirus will change aviation in the next decade

   The coronavirus pandemic is currently wreaking havoc across the global aviation industry. The likes of American Airlines and Virgin Atlantic…
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   31 Mar
7. The art of opening an airport terminal

   Airport terminals are extremely complicated eco-systems that depend on the seamless cooperation of smaller components such as shops, security lanes,…
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   26 Mar
8. From launching airlines to sustainability: the potential of crowdfunding for aviation projects

   A phenomenon that has drastically re-shaped sectors including filmmaking, healthcare and charity, crowdfunding is defined as “way of raising finance…
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   25 Mar
9. What can airports and airlines do to prevent the spread of Coronavirus?

   As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, claiming thousands of lives worldwide, the aviation industry is having to deal with…
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   24 Mar
10. Airports not doing enough to prevent Coronavirus spread: Airport Technology survey

    Airport Technology readers are largely sceptical about the role airports are playing in preventing the spread of the ongoing Coronavirus…
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    28 Feb