Case studies

Environmental
Managing stormwater at Auckland Airport

What to do with excess stormwater at an airport can be a difficult question...

Environmental
An ‘Eco Island’ airport

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

Environmental
Cutting down on waste at Air France-KLM

The waste produced from in-flight operations can be a significant, if not m...

Environmental
Sustainably built airport in New Delhi

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

Social development
Tackling harassment on airlines

While the instances of sexual harassment on airlines is very rare, in some ...

Environmental
NASA’s continuing work on aviation technology

For the world’s leading civil aerospace manufacturers, researching new, mor...

Economic
GE Aviation’s US expansion means jobs and investme...

To meet the growing demand for jet engines, GE Aviation (which is also a pa...

Environmental
The first solar-powered airport

Solar panels being used at an airport is not an entirely new concept. Airpo...

Economic
Supporting tourism in the Maldives

For many small island states, particularly those far from the mainland, tou...

Environmental
Benefits of the Single European Sky

Following the liberalisation of the European air transport market in the 19...

Environmental
Combatting the illegal wildlife trade

As the nations of the world gathered to agree on the set of 17 Sustainable ...

Economic
The World Cup

International sports tournaments have the ability to bring the world togeth...