Airports across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East are preparing for nearly 7% annual air travel growth over the next 25 years. To support sustainable development, the 2nd ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East Regional Assembly in New Delhi adopted a resolution promoting the optimisation of current capacity and the expansion of new infrastructure.
As the nation soaks in the festive mood and people begin to travel to be with their loved ones, Bangalore International Airport Limited, operator of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, urges passengers to use bio-waste bins, deployed at various locations across BLR Airport, to dispose their Personal Protective Equipment.
Demonstrating VINCI Airports’ strong commitment to fight climate change, Cambodia’s three international airports achieve the upgrade to the level 2 – Reduction of the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme, the only voluntary global program for greenhouse gas emissions reductions at airports launched in 2009 on the initiative of the Airports Council International.
A new solar farm at Melbourne Airport will have the capability to produce enough renewable energy to power all four passenger terminals when it is turned on in January 2021.
Adelaide Airport is set to reduce potable water consumption in its main terminal by 50 per cent – or 10 million litres a year - with the connection of cooling towers to the airport’s stormwater scheme. The initiative has already secured Adelaide Airport gold status for water management in results announced last week by ACI (Airport Councils International) Asia-Pacific.
In a move that further advances its aspiration to be New Zealand’s first carbon neutral airport, Hawke’s Bay Airport has entered into a Joint Venture agreement with Waipukurau based lines company Centralines to explore the potential for a commercial solar farm on-Airport.
Kansai Airports announce today that for the first time in Japan, a trial operation of electrical ground power unit will start at Terminal 2 of Kansai International Airport (KIX) on March 27, 2020.
In line with the Govt. of India’s campaign to phase out Single-use Plastics (SUP) by 2022, GMR led Hyderabad International Airport has declared itself as Single-use Plastic free airport from 1st March 2020; and zero tolerance on usage of Single-use Plastic has been imposed across the airport, which includes all concessionaires and service providers operating at the airport.
Brisbane Airport Corporation is trialling the use of a canine to strengthen its comprehensive wildlife management strategy and ensure safety of aircraft using Brisbane Airport. Ozzie the German Shepherd is 18 months old, loves balls, despises birds, and has been with BAC for four months after failing to make the grade as a police dog with the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
Kansai Airports Group has been actively driving Plastics Smart inititatives in pursuit of turning its three airports—Kansai International Airport, Osaka International Airport and Kobe Airport—plastic free.
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