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Second major air traffic control technical outage in two years disrupts UK airports

31 July 2025 | By International Airport Review

More than 150 flights have been cancelled to and from UK airports due to a 20 minute technical issue at the NATS Swanwick ATC centre.

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Exeter Airport hosts UK’s first hydrogen-powered aircraft turnaround using green fuel and ground equipment

1 May 2025 | By Gabriel Higgins

A ground breaking trial at Exeter Airport showcased green hydrogen-powered equipment servicing a TUI aircraft, advancing sustainable aviation goals.

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London Luton Airport signs MoU with Cranfield University to collaborate on innovation and education

16 September 2024 | By Gabriel Higgins

London Luton Airport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cranfield University, which will see collaboration on factors of net zero, operational innovation, and education.

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Aston University and Cranfield University form partnership

9 August 2024 | By Emily Budgen

Aston University and Cranfield University have formed a strategic partnership to meet the current skills gap in the aviation sector.

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Industry collaboration launches hydrogen trials at Exeter Airport

26 July 2024 | By Emily Budgen

A collaboration between Exeter Airport, Cranfield University and travel company TUI will see hydrogen fuel trials later this year.

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Airside hydrogen refuelling trial, Project Acorn, takes critical next step

12 April 2024 | By International Airport Review

The trial saw hydrogen being used to refuel and power the ground support equipment – specifically, baggage tractors – of easyJet passenger aircraft.

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Aviation industry collaborates to tackles emissions from ground operations

16 November 2023 | By International Airport Review

Regional & City Airports, TUI and Cranfield University will look to reduce the environmental impact of aircraft turnarounds at airports.

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The shifting skillset of the post-pandemic airport workforce

8 March 2023 | By

Dillon Failoni, a Postgraduate at Cranfield University’s Centre for Air Transport Management, researched the impact of COVID-19 on aviation workforce skills. He reveals all to International Airport Review in this article below, which is the culmination of his findings after talking to senior industry leaders in talent planning and recruitment.

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Investment urgently needed to mitigate airport CO2 emissions, Cranfield University report reveals

1 August 2022 | By International Airport Review

Multi-million-pound investment is said to be needed in technologies such as direct air capture, and some airports could become green energy ‘power stations’ to fuel the aircraft they serve according to the report by Cranfield University.

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Challenging the digital status quo at Cranfield University’s DARTeC

1 March 2021 | By Leah Hockley (International Airport Review)

Set to open in 2021, the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) at Cranfield University aims to bring together sector leads from across the aviation industry within a collaborative research environment to create, experiment and challenge the digital status quo. International Airport Review’s Junior Editor, Leah Hockley, spoke with three…

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Sustainable future flight projects to be researched by Heathrow Airport

18 February 2021 | By International Airport Review

As part of the UK's Future Flight Challenge, Heathrow will research the use of new technologies and create a blueprint for making zero carbon aviation a reality.

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UK feasibility project for use of electric air taxis secures government research grant

27 January 2021 | By International Airport Review

The project has secured partial funding through the UK government’s Future Flight Challenge to look at the feasibility of an air taxi service in the UK's South West region.

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Visualising the sky better at Jersey Airport’s remote air traffic control tower

5 May 2020 | By Peter Moore - Jersey Airport

With air traffic control on the cusp of a digital revolution involving remote towers, Jersey Airport’s Air Traffic Controller, Peter Moore, explains how the airport overcame some of the challenges involved, including the use of eye-tracking technology.

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London City’s STEM in Aviation Day inspires next generation to shape the future of aviation

8 November 2019 | By International Airport Review

LCY encourages the education pipeline to produce enough individuals with the right STEM skills for the future of aviation.

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Grant Shapps calls for an “electric revolution in the skies”

23 September 2019 | By International Airport Review

As the aviation industry is set to grow exponentially, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has insisted we "get to grips with commercial aviation greenhouse gas emissions".

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