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Top 10: International Airports on Twitter
AirGate Solutions has published the results of its latest survey on the use of social media in the aviation industry, listing the top 10 airports on twitter. According to the Canadian firm, almost 150 airports around the world are using the micro-blogging site to update their passengers with information such as real time flight information for arrivals and departures.
Robert Cook, managing director of AirGate Solutions and influential blogger with New York’s Forbes magazine, published the survey. “Since publishing a similar report last March, we have received much interest within the industry and there has been a 26 per cent increase in the number of airports adopting Twitter to talk to passengers. More and more organisations are beginning to realise the growing effectiveness of using Twitter and other social media tools to connect with their audiences,” he said.
The only Middle Eastern airports being ranked by AirGate Solutions are Abu Dhabi International Airport (ranked number 40 with 885 followers) and Bahrain International Airport (ranked number 67 with 575 followers).
ArabianSupplyChain.com looks at the top 10 entries for airports with the most followers, which includes the likes of Los Angeles, London Gatwick, London City Airport, Boston, Manchester, London Heathrow, Orlando Airport and Akron-Canton.
10. Akron-Canton Regional Airport
Akron-Canton Airport is a commercial Class C airport located in the city of Green, in southern Summit County, Ohio, roughly 10 miles southeast of Akron, Ohio. The airport is jointly operated by Summit County and Stark County. The airport experienced its best year ever in 2008 when 1,469,196 customers traveled to and from CAK beating the old record set in 2006 by more than 30,000 people – a 2 percent increase. The record number is also a 5.6 percent increase from 2007 beating it by more than 77,000 customers.
TOTAL FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER: 2416
{Survey: AirGate Solutions, Profile: Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation}
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