Case studies
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...
Economic
Alaskan salmon take to the air
Each year, Alaska Air Cargo delivers shipments of Copper River salmon from ...
Social development
Aid lifelines to Typhoon Haiyan victims
When Typhoon Haiyan hit the central Philippine islands in November 2013, al...
Environmental
Wingtip devices
Wingtip devices – the angled extension to the end of some aircraft wings – ...
Social development
Speeding aid to East Africa
In July 2011, for the first time in a generation, the United Nations declar...
Social development
Providing a lifeline to quake-hit Christchurch
The February 2011 earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, killed 181...
Economic
Why China relies on air freight
Air freight is the preferred mode of transport for the new global economy’s...
Environmental
Continuous descent approaches
Traditionally, landing aircraft approach a runway by ‘stepping’ down from t...