Sustainable Airports

Sustainable airport news and features

London Oxford debuts SAF

London Oxford, the UK’s fifth largest airport in terms of business aviation movements, has begun offering sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

Hydrogen study takes off at ATL

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Airbus, Delta and Plug Power are studying the feasibility of hydrogen fuelling

JAL deploys first lithium-ion GPU

Tamagawa Aero Systems and Japan Airlines have introduced the lithium-ion battery-powered ground power unit eGPU at Matsuyama Airport

Groupe ADP invests in LanzaJet

The $20m investment will enable sustainable fuels specialist LanzaJet to build its capacity to deploy its SAF process technology globally

SAF hub advances at Pittsburgh

KeyState Energy, CNX Resources, and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) will collaborate to develop a sustainable aviation fuel hub

Phoenix progresses terminal plans

The Phoenix mayor and Phoenix City Council have heard plans to build a new terminal at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

ESS commissions initial Schiphol energy system

ESS Tech, a manufacturer of long-duration energy storage systems, has commissioned the initial stage of its project at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 

Finavia hits zero carbon milestone

Finnish airport operator Finavia has achieved net zero carbon emissions in its own operations at Ivalo, Kittilä, Kuusamo and Rovaniemi airports

NATS tops Europe climate list

NATS has received the highest score in the 2024 Financial Times Climate Leaders list, which marks companies’ progress in cutting GHG emissions  

TotalEnergies launches JFK solar project

French multinational TotalEnergies has begun construction of New York State's largest onsite solar generating and storage system

PANYNJ unveils JFK construction facility

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has begun operations at a new construction support facility at JFK

CPK unveils sustainable development strategy

CPK has unveiled its Airport Sustainable Development Strategy, which it says could address the European transport sector’s key challenges

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

Angola’s game-changing airport

Ricardo Viegas D’Abreu, Minister for Transport, Angola, is responsible for the African country’s new international airport. Tara Craig asked him about the project. 

Vestergaard's eco airside innovation

Lars Barsøe of Vestergaard Company reflects on the measures aviation is taking to meet its ambitious climate targets

Teesside International Airport and SSE to deliver major green energy project

Teesside International Airport and SSE Energy Solutions have announced a new joint venture which aims to deliver enough green electricity to power the equivalent of more than 17,000 homes.

CPK drives sustainable aviation in Poland 

The Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Airport will be a unique transport hub, with close links between its infrastructure and the surrounding buildings

dnata cuts CO2 emissions in UAE

Group brands dnata Logistics, Arabian Adventures, Alpha Flight Services and City Sightseeing have switched their UAE vehicles to run on biofuel

WFS to open fifth Madrid cargo terminal

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of The SATS Group, is to open a fifth cargo handling terminal at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport

Ground broken on Dulles energy project

Dominion Energy and MWAA have broken ground on a solar and energy storage project at Dulles International Airport

SFO to support grid flex alerts

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has outlined its energy conservation plans to voluntarily support Flex Alerts

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)