Cardiff Airport unveils its Environmental Flight Path
Despite already delivering a number of environmentally friendly achievements, Cardiff Airport has recently unveiled more goals as it aims to become a 'carbon neutral airport'.
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Despite already delivering a number of environmentally friendly achievements, Cardiff Airport has recently unveiled more goals as it aims to become a 'carbon neutral airport'.
As part of ACI's Airport Carbon Accreditation programme, LAX and Van Nuys Airport have received the highest certification before an airport is carbon neutral.
Quito Airport has become the first international airport in the entire Latin American and Caribbean region to achieve carbon neutrality.
Each airport faces different challenges, but how do you ensure that the 214 native animal species and the wider biodiversity are not harmed by aviation? Rodrigo Tavares from VINCI Airports told International Airport Review's Eve De Clerk about how Salvador Bahia Airport manages such a diverse challenge.
Joining only 40 other airports in Europe, Budapest Airport has retained its carbon-neutral status and has even purchased carbon credits from a Chinese wind farm.
Following their efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, Hermes Airports has received important international recognition for Cyprus’ airports.
The Carbon Accreditation initiative has helped Narita Airport become the first and only airport in Japan to ever reach this high in carbon management maturity.
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has received Level 3 Airport Carbon Accreditation by the Airports Council International.
Hamad International Airport demonstrates commitment to sustainable practice with renewal of its ‘Optimisation’ status.
The European airport industry last year committed to have 100 carbon neutral airports by 2030. These latest additions bring the list of carbon neutral airports in Europe to 34.
Gatwick has also been recertified as a Carbon Neutral airport through measures including using 100 per cent renewable electricity and Gold Standard carbon credits.
Airports Council International (ACI) has confirmed it has awarded Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport its carbon neutral standard.
The world's first 'green' airport, Galápagos Ecological, and Geneva Airport have been accredited as carbon neutral by the trade body representative of airports worldwide.
ACI EUROPE's Carbon Accreditation Scheme saw an increase of participants to 209 airports, meaning cooperating airports now cover 41.5 per cent of global passenger traffic. We caught up with Marina Bylinsky, Head of Environmental Strategy & Intermodality at ACI EUROPE, to ask her what the future holds for airports going…
Momentum is growing behind Airport Council International's Carbon Accreditation scheme with the number of participating airports around the world up 21 per cent on last year, and African subscribers up by more than three times.