Sustainability

Luton wins ACA Level 4

London Luton Airport (LLA) has become only the third major UK airport to achieve Level 4 of the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) scheme

Queenstown opts for sustainability-linked loans

Queenstown Airport (ZQN) in Otago, New Zealand, has converted its A$100m bank lending facilities to sustainability-linked loans

Sustainable vertiports: fact or fiction?

Will vertiports simply replicate the environmental errors made by airports, or will stakeholders capitalise on the chances presented by this fledgling sector? Tara Craig reports

Heathrow trials lower-carbon concrete

Heathrow has begun exploring the viability of lower carbon concrete, which cuts emissions by 50% compared to a conventional concrete

Bristol funds local projects

The first half of 2023 has seen Bristol Airport’s Local Community Fund support local community projects to the tune of £170,000

SITA and Envision Digital join forces

The two firms will collaborate on solutions designed to help airports cut fuel and power costs while advancing their net-zero ambitions

Origami tech to feature in vertiport construction

Swedish design and technology company Stilfold has forged a new partnership with air mobility company Kookiejar, also based in Sweden

New Rajkot airport inaugurated

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated a new international airport in Rajkot, in the western Indian state of Gujarat

Hudson and The House of R&C team up

Dufry firm Hudson and The House of LR&C have opened a store at DEN offering Russell Wilson’s Good Man Brand fashion line

SSP publishes first Sustainability Report

Travel F&B specialist SSP has released its first standalone Sustainability Report, covering October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022