Our fourth study in the series of TFWA Monitor reports compiled by travel industry analyst ForwardKeys contains exclusive data in three key areas:  a review of global air travel year-to-date performance (January to August 2017); a study of traveller profiles at London Heathrow, Frankfurt and Paris Charis de Gaulle, with particular focus on the BRICs nationalities; and a look ahead to Q4 2017 and an evaluation of the impact of the recent Barcelona terrorist attack.