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Rome’s Fiumicino and Ciampino Airports achieve Level 4+ in ACI carbon programme
Rome–Fiumicino and Rome–Ciampino have become the first European airports to achieve the highest level in ACI's Airport Carbon Accreditation programme.
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Banning single-use plastics, encouraging use of public transport to and from an airport, managing food waste, reducing use of fossil fuels, monitoring water use, switching to renewable energy sources, sourcing food sustainably. These are all examples of how an airport can begin to reduce its carbon footprint; its greenhouse-gas emissions; its impact on the environment.
The climate change emergency is upon us, and all industries must work hard at becoming more sustainable – the aviation industry included. As the above paragraph demonstrates, this goes beyond using sustainable aviation fuel.
Many airports and authorities have recognised the need to implement environmentally-friendly strategies, and International Airport Review here showcases some of these achievements. However the entire industry must continue striving and innovating to ensure an airport’s surroundings are not negatively impacted and the environment is protected for the future.
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VINCI Airports awarded 30-year concession for seven Brazilian airports
Over the course of 30 years, VINCI Airports will work to maintain and modernise the seven airports located across North Brazil, but will also transform the airports into eco-efficient infrastructures.
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DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo launch weekly carbon neutral cargo flight connection
DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo will now operate a weekly cargo flight from Frankfurt to Shanghai that will utilise SAF to run completely carbon neutral.
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San Francisco Airport extends plastic-free policy to tackle use of plastic bottles
San Francisco Airport now prohibits the sale of any beverages - including sodas, teas and juices - in plastic or aseptic paper packaging.
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U.S. FAA to award over $627.7 million in funding through its Airport Improvement Program
A total of 390 airports in 39 states, Puerto Rico and the Federated States of Micronesia will benefit from more than $627.7 million in FAA grant funding.
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Cleaner, Greener Airports: Making Aviation More Sustainable – Munich Airport
In the next instalment of International Airport Review's exclusive series, Jost Lammers, Chief Executive Officer of Munich Airport, explains the initiatives, work and thinking that is driving the airport in its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, and addresses the need for social and economic factors to also be…
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All 10 Swedavia airports achieve fossil free operations
By utilising renewable energy and renewable fuels, such as electricity and biogas, Swedavia has successfully achieved fossil-free operations at all 10 of its airports.
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Paper: A circular economy for civil aerospace
While the majority of carbon emissions occur during flight operations, the industry must also tackle emissions from production to meet net zero targets.
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Merging Swiss efficiency with Indian hospitality: Noida International Airport
For International Airport Review , Daniel Bircher, Chairman and Managing Director at Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL), details the exciting plans for creating Noida International Airport and its focus on passenger experience, sustainability and contactless technology in bringing much-needed aviation infrastructure to Delhi and, indeed, the world.
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What’s next with NEXTT – now and in the future?
29 March 2021 | By NEXTT Vision (IATA & ACI)
As a joint initiative of ACI and IATA, NEXTT (New Experience Travel Technologies) creates a shared vision for the future of travel. In our previous webinars, we reconfirmed the validity of the concepts under NEXTT in a Covid and post-pandemic environment and learned from our industry experts how they turned the concepts into…
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The Future of Flight magazine
In the latest edition of Atkins’ Future of Flight magazine, read articles from experts on sustainable aviation, COVID-19 recovery, cyber risks and more.
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The Future of Freeports: Thought leadership paper
A paper exploring the issues that freeports consortia will need to solve and recommendations on how the UK can create the borders of the future.
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Two Dominican Republic airports achieve environmental management certification
VINCI Airports' Las Américas Airport and La Isabela Airport have both obtained the ISO 14001:2015 certification, making them the first airports in the Dominican Republic to do so.
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Eurofins [email protected]™ programmes deliver 1-2-3 punch against COVID-19 outbreaks on its own laboratory site
Eurofins Steins Laboratory was able to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 one week before infected occupants even experience symptoms, enabling leadership to immediately isolate and remove infected persons, and continue operations.
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The show goes on at PBS SoCal with COVID-19 testing by Eurofins
PBS SoCal reflects on their partnership with Eurofins that allowed them to continue their production schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic.