Sustainable aviation news and features
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
Tallinn Airport to be carbon neutral by 2025
Estonia’s Tallinn Airport is on course to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025 – five years earlier than originally planned
Honeywell upgrades APU offering
Honeywell has unveiled a new high-efficiency mode (HEM) upgrade for its 131-9B auxiliary power unit (APU) for Boeing 737 aircraft