Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID), the trade association representing over 600 airports, made strong recommendations at the 60th ICAO Conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for Asia and Pacific regions in Sendai, Japan recently. The Members of the Conference endorsed the ACI APAC & MID’s recommendations and encouraged States to take appropriate steps for implementation.
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.
ACI Asia-Pacific has announced the results of the region’s annual Green Airports Recognition 2020. Taoyuan International Airport (Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei), Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad, India) and Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei) received the highest Platinum recognition for their efforts in water management.
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.
As the 13th edition of ACI Airport Exchange, the global meeting of airport leaders, key industry suppliers and aviation stakeholders unrolls in Abu Dhabi, Airport Carbon Accreditation released the annual results of the collective carbon management delivered by accredited airports in its 10th consecutive year.
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