Sustainable Airports

Sustainable airport news and features

Gatwick creates geospatial platform

London Gatwick Airport (LGW) has created a new geospatial platform using Esri’s GIS (Geographic Information System) technology

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Airport profile: Helsinki hub future-proofs

Tom Batchelor visits Helsinki Airport to see the results of an ambitious redevelopment, ten years in the making

Goldhofer: GSE goes green

Goldhofer supplies towbarless aircraft tractors and aircraft recovery systems. Customer feedback has led it to develop increasingly eco-friendly products

The New Terminal One (NTO) at JFK

Airports International spoke to Ferrovial Airports CEO Luke Bugeja about the company’s involvement in The New Terminal One (NTO) at JFK

Schiphol trials self-driving buses

Two electric self-driving Ohmio buses are following a fixed route and making stops at various locations on airside at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Aena to modernise Congonhas Airport

Aena, which operates 20% of Brazil's air traffic, will invest more than BRL 2bn (€370.8m) in the expansion of São Paulo's Congonhas Airport

YVR teams up with BC government

The British Columbia Government and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) will work together to fight pollution and support sustainable jobs

Vertiports and sustainability

From noise pollution to construction materials, are vertiports really as green as developers claim? Tom Batchelor investigates

Chicago to consider green energy at O’Hare

An ordinance  will allow the Chicago Department of Aviation to enter into an agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

New terminal on way for Leahy BTV

Project NexT will replace the north concourse, the latest and largest sustainable infrastructure project at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport

daa incentivises sustainability

Irish airport operator daa has proposed new sustainability measures to incentivise airlines to operate lower CO₂ emission aircraft

Wellington installs Locky Docks

New Zealand’s Wellington Airport has become the country’s first to install Locky Docks bicycle charging and locking stations

Tackling food waste at airports

From leftovers to packaging, F&B specialists are working hard to help propel airports to zero-waste status. Tara Craig hears how

Why electricity worked for Kansas City

Henderson Engineers was responsible for the New Terminal at MCI. James Dietz tells Tara Craig why electricity was the airport fuel of choice

Shannon wins ACA Level 2 accreditation

Ireland’s Shannon Airport has been awarded Carbon Accreditation Level 2 by the Airport Council International’s (ACI) ACA programme

Sustainable airport fleets: hydrogen-as-a-service

Ruben Creus of Revo Zero tells Tara Craig about his company’s mission to launch a zero-emissions revolution – starting with airports

Sustainable terminals: a three-pronged approach

Thornton Tomasetti’s Tyler Ranf and Jonathon Stage recommend a three-pronged structural approach when building sustainable airports

Toulon Hyères refuelling trucks go electric

World Fuel Services (World Fuel) has converted diesel-powered refuelling trucks to electric at Toulon Hyères Airport in the south of France

Iberia Airport Services invests in sustainability

Iberia Airport Services (IBAS), the Spanish carrier’s handling business, is to invest more than €100m in its sustainability plan

Bristol starts work on solar farm

Work started this month on a 2.6-acre solar farm
on the airfield at Bristol Airport in the southwest
of England

ACI World launches Sustainability Expansion Plan

ACI World has launched its Sustainability Expansion Plan, funded by Montréal International and partners

CPK's integrated transport hub

The new Polish hub has been designed to enable travellers to move swiftly, safely and easily between different modes of transport