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Heathrow accelerates Sustainable Aviation Fuel adoption
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Heathrow accelerates Sustainable Aviation Fuel adoption Heathrow also publishes new 'Nature Positive Plan' and announces an update to its sustainability strategy, 'Connecting People and Planet' (Heathrow 2.0) Heathrow increases pioneering Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) incentive scheme - targeting 3% SAF in 2025. £86m is available to airlines to support the swap to cleaner fuels, cutting 500,000 tonnes of carbon from flights Heathrow also publishes new 'Nature Positive Plan' and announces an update to its sustainability strategy, 'Connecting People and Planet' (Heathrow 2.0) Heathrow...
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Record number of journeys for Bristol Airport Flyer bus service in 2024
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Record number of journeys for Bristol Airport Flyer bus service in 2024 For the first time ever the A1 bus service to Bristol Airport carried more than 1 million passengers. Combined with the Weston-super-Mare A3, this saw 1.3 million Flyer journeys in 2024, ensuring customers could travel to reconnect with family and friends and take holidays and business trips in a more sustainable way. The A1 route to Bristol has seen almost a 20% increase on journeys since 2023. The A3 connecting Weston-super-Mare also saw a year-on-year increase in passengers of 32%. In addition to this, staff...
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Help Shape Bristol Airport’s Future Plans
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Help Shape Bristol Airport’s Future Plans Bristol Airport is reminding people that there’s still time to take part in consultation for the Airport’s master plan and help shape its future plans. The Airport has set out its masterplan to 2040 to meet the strong and growing demand of people in the region using the Airport. The consultation, which started in November last year, runs until 31 January. The proposals would enable the Airport to provide more connections and serve new destinations, including a limited number of new longer-haul flights, connecting the region directly with...
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LJLA is Faster, Easier and now Environmentally Friendlier
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LJLA is Faster, Easier and now Environmentally Friendlier Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) has agreed a partnership with solar panel experts Activ8 Energies in partnership with SSE Airtricity to design and install a new £3m solar farm at the airport capable of generating up to 3 MW (megawatts) of electricity. Preparatory work on the 22 acre solar farm located within the airport perimeter fence on land to the east of the runway, will start soon with the solar panels due to be installed and starting to generate electricity in Summer 2025. Once fully energised, the solar farm will...
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Leeds Bradford Airport terminal extension scores full marks on CCS audit
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Leeds Bradford Airport terminal extension scores full marks on CCS audit Leading civil engineering and building contractor, Farrans Construction, has scored full marks in a recent Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) audit of its Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) site. LBA is investing £100m into a vital regeneration of its terminal facilities, known as LBA: REGEN, to dramatically improve and enhance passenger experience. Farrans Construction has been appointed as the contractor to deliver Phase 1 of the project, the construction of the terminal extension. LBA: REGEN will see a 9,500 sq...
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Heart Aerospace Unveils First Full-Scale Demonstrator for 30-seat Hybrid-Electric Airplane Image: heartaerospace.com Heart Aerospace, the Swedish hybrid-electric airplane maker, today unveils its first full-scale demonstrator airplane, marking a major milestone in the development of its regional hybrid-electric aircraft, the ES-30. Built almost entirely in-house at Heart’s Gothenburg facilities, the demonstrator reflects the company’s strategy to simultaneously develop both the design and production processes. “Our industry is approaching a 30-year innovation cycle, and we have less...
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Arriva doubles Airport bus connection with
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Arriva doubles Airport bus connection with Liverpool South Parkway and City Centre Arriva have increased the frequency of their 86A bus service which operates between Liverpool City Centre and Liverpool John Lennon Airport, with a service now operating every 7-8 minutes, doubling the number of services on the route. The 86A is also one of two Arriva services that operate on a route from the City Centre to the airport which calls at Liverpool South Parkway rail interchange. As a consequence, airport passengers using a host of rail services to Liverpool South Parkway from across the City...
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London Gatwick Hydrogen Hub – an important first step...
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London Gatwick Hydrogen Hub – an important first step toward possible zero-carbon flights Airbus, easyJet, Air Products, and London Gatwick to work together to establish how hydrogen infrastructure – including to fuel new types of aircraft – could be introduced at the airport. Airbus is developing new short-haul hydrogen powered aircraft – aiming for them to enter commercial service from 2035. London Gatwick is one of several VINCI airports to form a Hydrogen Hub partnership with Airbus. Airbus, easyJet, London Gatwick, and Air Products - one of the world’s largest hydrogen producers -...
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Newcastle International Airport plants 43,567 new trees
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Newcastle International Airport plants 43,567 new trees The most recent phase of our ambitious woodland planting project was completed last month, with 17,000 trees being planted to create an additional 10.42 hectares of woodland – equivalent in size to around 14 football pitches. The new woodland areas created by the planting project will form part of the North East Community Forest (NECF), with funding being provided by the scheme’s ‘Trees for Climate Grant’ and facilitated by Tilhill Forestry, a member of BSW Group. Trees for Climate is a Defra backed grant which is delivered through...
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LLA & Wizz lead the way with new generation fleet
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LLA & Wizz lead the way with new generation fleet London Luton Airport (LLA) has confirmed all Wizz Air aircraft based at the airport are now quieter, more fuel-efficient Airbus A321 Neos. The announcement follows an agreement between both parties to introduce the new generation aircraft a year earlier than originally planned. In place from 31st March 2024, the switch to the Airbus A321neo aircraft will deliver a 20 per cent reduction in fuel consumption and half the amount of nitrogen oxide emissions compared to Wizz Air’s previous generation aircraft [1]. This latest initiative is...
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Jet2.com to use Sustainable Aviation Fuel on flights from Bristol Airport in 2024
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Jet2.com to use Sustainable Aviation Fuel on flights from Bristol Airport in 2024 Leading leisure airline Jet2.com has today announced that it will use a blend of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at Bristol Airport in 2024, almost a year ahead of the UK’s Government’s SAF mandate which is due to be introduced from 2025. The UK’s third largest airline has purchased over 300 tonnes of SAF from Q8Aviation, which will be used to add a 1% SAF blend onto a number of departing flights from Bristol Airport this year. The total emissions of the SAF that Jet2.com has purchased are at least 70%...
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DAA Plan To Accelerate Environmental Sustainability Ambitions At Dublin And Cork Airports
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daa Unveils 20-Point Plan To Accelerate Environmental Sustainability Ambitions At Dublin And Cork Airports DAA, the operator of Dublin and Cork airports, has today unveiled details of 20 environmental sustainability initiatives being rolled out at Dublin and Cork Airports, which will accelerate both airports’ climate and sustainability related ambitions, including achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. The projects are also matched by a planned investment of more than €400 million as part of the company’s recent Infrastructure Application to Fingal County Council, that will...
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Newcastle International Airport recognised for reduction in carbon emissions
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Newcastle International Airport recognised for reduction in carbon emissions Newcastle International Airport has achieved ‘Level 3: Optimisation’ of the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) scheme for its efforts to reduce its carbon emissions. ACA is the only institutionally endorsed global carbon management certification programme for airports. Independently assessing and recognising efforts to manage and reduce their carbon emissions, airports are judged through seven levels of certification named: mapping, reduction, optimisation, neutrality, transformation, transition and Level 5...
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Almost 32 Million Through Dublin Airport’s Terminals In 2023
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Almost 32 Million Through Dublin Airport’s Terminals In 2023 A total of 31.908 million passengers passed through the terminals of Dublin Airport in 2023, in compliance with the 32 million terminals cap, according to new figures released today by daa, the operator of both airports. The hard-working team at Dublin Airport ensured a consistently smooth experience for passengers throughout 2023, with 97% of passengers passing through security screening in less than 20 minutes – bettering daa’s own stated target of 90% through in under 20 minutes. The busiest day of the year at Dublin...
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Carbon cutting fuel use grows at Heathrow, while Government continues to stall on securing aviation’s greener future
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Cutting fuel use grows at Heathrow, while Government continues to stall on securing aviation’s greener future image: @elmdon74 Heathrow’s pioneering Sustainable Aviation Fuel scheme will incentivise the use of up to 155,000 tonnes of SAF at the airport in 2024, which targets the equivalent of 341,755 tonnes of carbon cut from flights1 £71m is available to airlines to support the swap to cleaner fuels It comes as Government misses opportunity to back a UK SAF industry at the Autumn Statement, while EU and US markets take off Airlines at Heathrow are anticipated to use record amounts of...
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Newcastle International Airport named sustainability Sector Leader
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Newcastle International Airport named sustainability Sector Leader Newcastle International Airport is pleased to announce that it has been named one of the sustainability sector leaders in the 2023 GRESB Infrastructure Assessment. GRESB is an industry-led organisation that collects, scores and independently benchmarks the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data of over 2,000 assets worldwide – providing investors and asset managers with an insight into business performance on complex sustainability topics. This year, Newcastle International Airport achieved a record score of...
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daa's Sustainability Credentials See It Welcomed Into UN Initiative
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daa's Sustainability Credentials See It Welcomed Into UN Initiative daa, the operator of Dublin and Cork airports, has signed up to the United Nations Global Compact Initiative — a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices. daa is one of the first 60 Irish organisations to join the global network of thousands of companies committed to taking responsible business action. The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the...
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Dublin Airport Aiming To Get More Passengers To Travel By Bus
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Dublin Airport Aiming To Get More Passengers To Travel By Bus Dublin Airport is targeting an increase in the number of passengers travelling to and from the airport by bus over the coming years. The airport is seeking expressions of interest from bus operators who would like to operate scheduled bus services from the various bus stops outside the two terminals from Spring 2024 onwards. The licences on offer will start from March 1, 2024 for a period of three years, with an option to be extended for an additional two years. In the tender documents issued this week, Dublin Airport says...
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London Luton tops table for ‘next-generation' aircraft
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London Luton tops table for ‘next-generation' aircraft More flights at London Luton Airport (LLA) were operated using quieter, more fuel efficient “next generation” aircraft this summer compared to all other major European airports. Data gathered from aviation intelligence and data specialist RDC Aviation, shows that between April and August 2023, more than a third (33.5%) of all flights from LLA were operated using Airbus neo or Boeing Max variants, reducing emissions by up to 20%. This year has seen LLA working with its three largest airlines to double their next generation fleet...
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Luton Airport recognised for carbon management
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Luton Airport recognised for carbon management London Luton Airport (LLA) has achieved Level 4 of the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) scheme, becoming only the third major UK airport to achieve this level. The ACA scheme is a globally recognised carbon management programme, overseen by Airports Council International (ACI), that independently assesses and recognises efforts to manage and reduce airport carbon emissions. As a Level 4 accredited airport, LLA has demonstrated that it is ‘transforming its operations to achieve carbon reductions in line with global climate goals’. This...
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Birmingham Airport greenhouse gas emissions fall
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Birmingham Airport greenhouse gas emissions fall Birmingham Airport (BHX)’s Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions fell 25% in 2022/23 compared to the most recent pre-pandemic year of 2019/20, a report published today revealed. While the airport’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for 2022/2023 showed an increase compared to 2021/22, where COVID-19 forced a 90% drop-off in activity at BHX, the reduction versus 2019/20 shows BHX is heading in the right direction. Simon Richards, Chief Finance and Sustainability Officer at BHX, said: “This report shows encouraging progress toward our 2033...
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New electric equipment for parked planes at Schiphol
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New electric equipment for parked planes at Schiphol Fuel generators at Schiphol are being replaced by 30 new electric Ground Power Units (e-GPUs), and the use of more electric systems that provide fresh air on board (PCAs) are being introduced — important steps towards emission-free ground handling at the airport. Aircraft parked at various piers at Schiphol will soon get their power from emission-free equipment thanks to the arrival of these new e-GPUs, which are a kind of electric power bank for planes. The electric PCAs that are placed at piers E, F and G ensure that planes parked at...
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Local school children name the new fully electric buses at Bristol Airport
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Local school children name the new fully electric buses at Bristol Airport At the beginning of this year, pupils of Winford Church of England Primary School were asked to come up with the names of the new fully electric buses at Bristol Airport. The students were invited to suggest 'space-themed' names for the four fully electric CoBuses – the vehicles used to transfer customers between the terminal to their aircraft. The school children came up with some fantastic and innovative suggestions with the winners being ‘Bus Aldren’; ‘Bus Light Year’; ‘The Solar Express’ and the ‘Comet...
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Bristol Airport adds eight new water refill stations
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Bristol Airport adds eight new water refill stations Last month, Bristol Airport installed six new water stations making it easier for customers to reuse their water bottles instead of buying a new plastic bottle every time, increasing the total to thirteen water refill stations in the terminal. The water refill stations will help reduce the number of single-use plastic bottles being bought and disposed of at the airport. Within the first week of being used, the new water stations saved over 34,000 plastic water bottles from being sent to a landfill site. The new water refill stations...
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Newcastle International Airport Solar Farm is Officially Opened
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Newcastle International Airport Solar Farm is Officially Opened Newcastle International Airport’s Solar Farm has been officially opened by the Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance, Lord Callanan. The project, which was 50% funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and 50% funded by the Airport, marks a major milestone in its ambitious strategy to become Net Zero Carbon by the year 2035. Located on Airport owned land to the south eastern end of the runway, on a sunny day between mid-morning and late afternoon phase 1 of the scheme is able to supply all of the...
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BHX and Zeroavia Explore Plans For Renewable Hydrogen Production
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BHX and Zeroavia Explore Plans For Renewable Hydrogen Production Twitter Facebook Google+ Email Progress continues towards zero-emission passenger flights as initial concepts were revealed today for the creation of a hydrogen production facility at Birmingham Airport (BHX). To realise this dream, early-stage concepts are being developed jointly by ZeroAvia, the hydrogen-electric aircraft developer, and BHX for on-site hydrogen production aircraft refueling facility, with the potential for multi-modal applications. An area of land with access to the BHX airfield and the local road...
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London City Airport’s Women in Aviation programme awards East London students after taking part in zero-emission flight challenge
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London City Airport’s Women in Aviation programme awards East London students after taking part in zero-emission flight challenge ‘Women in Aviation Programme’ is a 3-month education programme in which 300 young women from 10 schools across East London participated Panel of judges awarded winning group with vouchers and a special airside tour of LCY A group of East London students have won London City Airport’s Women in Aviation programme after taking part in a zero-emission flight challenge. The award, which was presented at the finale event held yesterday at the Sunborn London Yacht...
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Bristol Airport Commences Work on Solar Farm
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Bristol Airport Commences Work on Solar Farm Customers travelling from Bristol Airport will see development work taking place on the airfield creating Bristol Airport’s solar farm. A 2.8 acre solar farm is being constructed on the airfield. Preparation work is already underway, with the project commencing in May and forecast to be completed by Summer 2023. The solar panels (combined with the existing roof mounted panels at the Administration Building and the Car Rental Consolidation Site) will be expected to increase the renewable energy generated on site to at least 16% of the Airport’s...
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Manchester Airport on track to be first in UK with direct hydrogen fuel pipeline
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Manchester Airport on track to be first in UK with direct hydrogen fuel pipeline, thanks to landmark partnership with HyNet · UK’s third largest airport and leading decarbonisation cluster create partnership to take forward plans to make hydrogen-fuelled flying a reality · Pipeline would make Manchester Airport the first in the UK to secure a direct supply of hydrogen fuel for its airline partners from the mid-2030s. · Duo of Government Ministers back partnership, announced at Manchester Airport event Manchester Airport has unveiled plans to become the first UK airport...
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Royal Schiphol Group to significantly expand number of electric charging points
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Royal Schiphol Group to significantly expand number of electric charging points in coming years Royal Schiphol Group will install up to 10,000 new charging stations for electric vehicles by 2030, spread across the various Royal Schiphol Group airports. Charging stations are key to achieving emission-free airports by 2030. As part of this, all vehicles will be electric: from ground handling to hotel shuttles and everything in between. The tendering process for supplying the charging stations has been finalised and the project has been awarded to Ecotap and FIMIH combination. There are...
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