Sustainable airport news and features
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
DFW breaks ground on eCUP
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has broken ground on the construction of a new electric Central Utility Plant (eCUP)
Schiphol deploys new e-GPUs
Fuel generators at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol are being replaced by 30 new electric Ground Power Units (e-GPUs)
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
Further electrification on cards for Schiphol
Royal Schiphol Group will collaborate with network operator Liander to create a new high-voltage substation at the Amsterdam hub
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
