COVER STORY
By Joe Petrie
Drones have officially made it into airport
operations and are poised to upend how the
industry tackles maintenance.
In October 2016, Cicoria — who is man-
aging director of Aerium Analytics — said
the company was in Japan for an aerospace
show as part of an Alberta delegation, when
they struck up a conversation with represen-
tatives from Edmonton International Airport
(EIA) about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),
who were also part of the envoy.
EIA was showcasing the Alberta Aerospace
and Technology Centre and Aerium was show-
casing its drone technology. As the two entities
got to talking, it led the airport to take a drastic
Rise
of the
Machines
W
hen Jordan Cicoria's company
traveled across the world to find
business opportunities in 2016,
little did he know they would
find a partner in making changes
to how airports operate a lot closer to home.