Case studies

Social development
Airports are catalysts to economic growth

Airports are more than just vital parts of the global transport system, lin...

Environmental
Precise navigation, precise environment benefits

It may have a somewhat clumsy name: required navigation performance (RNP), ...

Environmental
ASPIRE programme gathers pace and members

The Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE) links 19...

Social development
Apprenticeship scheme captures young talent

British Airways (BA) recruits between 120 and 200 apprentices each year and...

Environmental
Powering biofuel research down under

Australia has become one of the world’s most important centres for biofuel ...

Environmental
Wingtip devices

Wingtip devices – the angled extension to the end of some aircraft wings – ...

Environmental
Virgin Australia helps pioneer biofuel research

By 2050, up to 40% of all aviation fuel sources at airports in Australia an...

Social development
Seychelles investing in youth for long-term succes...

Having weathered the economic downturn in 2008, this archipelago of 115 isl...

Social development
Developing aviation skills in Fiji

Nadi International Airport handles 98% of all international visitors to Fij...

Environmental
Continuous descent approaches

Traditionally, landing aircraft approach a runway by ‘stepping’ down from t...

Environmental
Boeing invests research into advanced-generation b...

As part of industry-wide efforts on aviation biofuel research, Boeing estab...

Social development
Airport community builds professional bridges

The aviation community is a global one. But differences in economic and tec...