Gatwick achieves Twitter recognition by Cheap Flights Booker UK

London Gatwick"s use of Twitter as a way of keeping its passengers informed has led to it becoming the first UK airport to be officially recognised by the blogging website.

The base has been acknowledged as a trusted news source with the website"s "blue tick", which guarantees that it is a legitimate and trustworthy source of information.

Gatwick has also been included in the rollout of a new profile design on Twitter that enables more efficient communication of messages to the airport"s followers.

This means the base can highlight important content such as flight schedules, breaking travel news and information about disruptions by promoting tweets to the top of its timeline.

Lindsay Baldwin, head of airport communications, said Gatwick recognises the importance of providing "accurate and timely" passenger updates at all times.

"Twitter provides us with an immediate and effective communications platform to do just this and we thank them for their support of our efforts," she added.

The base currently has just over 30,500 followers on the site.


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