Case studies

Economic
Fast fashion

In the world of fashion, trends can move quickly. More quickly than some pe...

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

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

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
Towards green air traffic management with TOPFLIGH...

SESAR, a research and innovation programme which aims to modernise the enti...

Economic
A key link in the pharma supply chain

For the global pharmaceutical industry, transporting vaccines and medicines...

Social development
Organ transplant flights provide a lifeline in Bra...

Over 7,000 items – organs, tissues, empty special containers or medical tea...

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...

Economic
Alaskan salmon take to the air

Each year, Alaska Air Cargo delivers shipments of Copper River salmon from ...