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Archive for February, 2010
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23 FEB 2010 |
No carte blanche for body scanners
Posted in Blog by AirPlus Editor
Airports must be safe – but how do travelers react to the precautions currently in discussion? The use of so-called body scanners at airports remains controversial. Blog readers have voted, showing themselves to be skeptical about the use of these so-called body scanners. Body scanners record the surface of the human body beneath the clothing and display it on monitors. This should reveal hidden objects that an airport’s conventional metal detectors do not show. At present, body scanners are only being tested in Europe at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, for example. Read more
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22 FEB 2010 |
Beyond Airport Security
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus Editor
Business travelers respond to recent terrorist activity with perspective that focuses on fundamental intelligence weakness, not lapses at the airport. Airlines have proven a target for terrorists, but are they an easy target? The consensus, after a Nigerian passenger attempted on December 25 to mix and detonate explosives on a Northwest Airlines flight en route from Amsterdam to Detroit, is quite possibly yes. There is controversy, however, about what aspects of international airport security need to be addressed and how best to do it.
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08 FEB 2010 |
AirPlus International Travel Management Study 2009 – UK
Posted in Blog by AirPlus Editor
A comparison of international trends, costs and planning of business travel. We are pleased to announce the release of the UK edition of our annual AirPlus International Travel Management Study – a comprehensive analysis of global and UK-specific market research. The Study reveals travel managers’ views on the impact of the global recession and demonstrates how the BTM landscape has changed in the past 12 months. The research interestingly shows that the effects of the recession were not all negative – at least not for the UK companies. Read more
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