Sustainable Airports

Sustainable airport news and features

Gatwick station takes next step

Gatwick Airport’s train station has reached a new milestone in its upgrade project after breaking ground on the next stage of works

OMV to supply eco heating to Vienna

OMV Schwechat Refinery will use industrial waste heat to provide Vienna International Airport with environmentally-friendly heating

Airports report significant carbon reduction

The Airport Carbon Accreditation programme has published its first carbon performance results for May 2019 to May 2021, showing significant carbon savings globally

ACI debuts sustainability strategy report

Airports Council International (ACI) World has launched a comprehensive report to help airport executives with their sustainability strategies

IAG signs SAF agreement

IAG has signed an MoU with sustainable fuels tech firm Velocys to acquire 220,000 tonnes of SAF over ten years

Menzies expands Aer Lingus Manchester contract

Menzies has extended its contract with Aer Lingus at Manchester Airport to provide passenger, ramp, cabin cleaning and de-icing services

Utah academics battle space debris with magnets

A team of academics is using magnets to tackle the increasingly pressing problem of space debris

Manchester first UK airport with direct SAF supply

Manchester is to become the first airport in the UK to have a direct feed of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), thanks to a new partnership

Electric air taxis to head to Roman airports

Volocopter, infrastructures holding company Atlantia, and Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) are to bring electric air taxis to Rome

Aviation Climate Taskforce formed

A taskforce has been formed to accelerate breakthroughs in emerging technologies for the decarbonisation of aviation