Case studies

Environmental
A Standard for CO2

The beginning of 2016 saw a historic milestone passed in the field of aviat...

Environmental
Insect-repellant coating

There have been many innovative solutions to improving fuel efficiency in a...

Environmental
CleanEra

An on-going partnership between KLM and Delft University of Technology has ...

Environmental
Sustainable Taxiing

The environmental impact of the aviation sector is best addressed through r...

Environmental
Birmingham Airport powered by solar energy

In an effort to reduce the amount of carbon emissions associated with their...

Environmental
San Francisco Airport sustainability drive

In response to the City and County of San Francisco’s greenhouse gas emissi...

Environmental
Varying height, speed across the Atlantic saves em...

Aircraft crossing the Atlantic can save between one and two per cent of the...

Economic
Birmingham gains investment boost from new links t...

The UK’s West Midland’s economy has received a huge boost in recent years t...

Economic
Washington State: the ultimate aerospace cluster

They are called 'aerospace clusters' - where an aircraft manufacturer sets ...

Economic
Melbourne Airport: economic and aviation hub

Each international aircraft landing at Melbourne Airport in Australia contr...

Environmental
Airports turn on the power of the sun

In October 2014 Rarotonga Airport in the Cook Islands is due to turn on its...

Environmental
Research fuels innovation

The mission of Clean Sky, the most ambitious aeronautical research programm...