Airlines trends: Aircraft leads Twitter mentions in Q1 2021
The top tweeted terms are the trending industry discussions happening on Twitter by key individuals (influencers) as tracked by the…
12 Apr 2021
Q&A: Implementing open architecture responsibly at airport checkpoints
Norwegian operator Avinor and Heathrow Airport published a white paper, ‘Open Architecture for Airport Security System’, in July 2020. The document, which the biggest players in the industry endorsed, outlined…
09 Apr 2021
Q&A: Aeroporti di Roma’s pathway to success
Despite the financial losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent halt to international travel, for Aeroporti di Roma – the owner of Rome’s civilian airports of Fiumicino and…
08 Apr 2021
Drug flights and the impact of Covid-19 on illegal trafficking
In April 2020, Belgian authorities seized almost 350kg of cocaine hidden on a flight arriving at Brussels International Airport from the Dominican Republic. Custom officials believed that narcotraffickers from South…
06 Apr 2021
Terminal dwellers: the stories of people living at the airport
In 2004, Steven Spielberg directed Tom Hanks in ‘The Terminal’, a comedy-drama about a man that get stuck living in New York’s JFK airport terminal for nine months, after becoming…
18 Mar 2021
Euro vision: Amazon’s ambitions take-off at Leipzig/Halle Airport
Amazon’s ascendency to dominate the brave new world of online retail is one of the undisputed wonders of modern business. From humble beginnings in his rented garage, Jeff Bezos has…
16 Mar 2021
Twitter round-up: Captain Dave’s tweet on Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine fitted to Airbus A350-1000 top tweet in February 2021
The top tweets were chosen from influencers as tracked by GlobalData’s Influencer Platform, which is based on a scientific process that works on pre-defined parameters. Influencers are selected after a…
