Case studies
San Francisco Airport sustainability drive
In response to the City and County of San Francisco’s greenhouse gas emissi...
Swedavia sets example for airport climate action
While most efforts to mitigate the climate impact of aviation are concentra...
Varying height, speed across the Atlantic saves em...
Aircraft crossing the Atlantic can save between one and two per cent of the...
Airports turn on the power of the sun
In October 2014 Rarotonga Airport in the Cook Islands is due to turn on its...
Delta goes paperless
As part of its ongoing efforts to minimise its environmental impact and ada...
NextGen modernisation
In today’s fast-paced world, efficiency is the key word for success. NextGe...
Towards green air traffic management with TOPFLIGH...
SESAR, a research and innovation programme which aims to modernise the enti...
Airports save over 170,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions
During the fourth year of the Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme, 84 airpo...
Precise navigation, precise environment benefits
It may have a somewhat clumsy name: required navigation performance (RNP), ...
ASPIRE programme gathers pace and members
The Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE) links 19...
Wingtip devices
Wingtip devices – the angled extension to the end of some aircraft wings – ...
Continuous descent approaches
Traditionally, landing aircraft approach a runway by ‘stepping’ down from t...