Case studies

Community lifelines
Flying into sight with Orbis

The Orbis Flying Hospital is a one-of-a-kind aircraft equipped with state-o...

Social development
Bringing tourists to remote island states

Air connectivity is a critical element to economic growth and development f...

Environmental
Investing in green energy

Public transport at and around Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has become gree...

Environmental
An ‘Eco Island’ airport

Complaints over noise are commonplace for airports all over the world, but ...

Environmental
Sustainably built airport in New Delhi

For a piece of infrastructure as vast as an international airport, there ar...

Social development
Air ambulances in Norway

Living in a remote area can be challenging in any number of ways, be it sho...

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...

Social development
Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines join together to bri...

The social benefits provided by aviation are perhaps best highlighted by th...

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
Airports save over 170,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions

During the fourth year of the Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme, 84 airpo...

Social development
Airport provides vital community links

The community on Svalbard, halfway between Norway and the North Pole, depen...