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Southampton Airport installs solar powered runway safety lighting

03/09/2010 00:00:00

Southampton Airport has become the first UK airport to install solar powered LED runway safety lighting. The lights, nicknamed ‘Wig Wags’ due to their distinctive flashing patterns, are used at intersections between the runway and taxiways to safely guide aircraft and vehicles. The ...

CO2 reduced at Birmingham through smarter flying

03/09/2010 00:00:00

An operational technique introduced at Birmingham Airport (UK) last year to reduce noise, emissions and aircraft fuel consumption has saved over 13,000 tonnes of CO2 in the last 12 months, enough to fill Wembley Stadium one and a half times. The technique, called Continuous Descent Approa...

BSI receives accreditation for verification of EU ETS aviation

27/08/2010 00:00:00

BSI has received confirmation from UKAS of its extension to scope for verifications of EU ETS Aviation. BSI is already working with a number of aircraft operators to ensure that their data is approved and reports submitted to the regulatory authorities before the deadline of 31st March 2011. <...

Airbus-led ‘AIRE2’ trials to spearhead green trajectories with A380

27/08/2010 00:00:00

An Airbus-led consortium in partnership with Air France and the air navigation service providers from UK, Canada and the US (NATS, Nav Canada and the FAA) will shortly commence ‘Transatlantic Green Flight’ (TGF) trials with an Air France A380 on revenue flights from New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG)....

Otis' energy-efficient solutions chosen for the world's busiest airport

12/08/2010 00:00:00

Otis Elevator Company will provide 88 energy-efficient elevators, escalators and moving walkways to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the world's busiest origin and destination airport. Otis will also maintain the new units for five years. "Otis is honoured that one of the world's m...

AEA and Air Malta address lessons learned from volcanic ash crisis

06/08/2010 00:00:00

The Secretary General of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus, has met with the Chairman and the CEO of Air Malta, as well as the airline’s senior management, to discuss if all lessons had been learned from the volcanic ash crisis. The Chairman of Ai...

Qatar Airways honoured with environment award

05/08/2010 00:00:00

Qatar Airways has been honoured by leading aviation industry figures for its wide-ranging global environmental initiatives. The Doha-based carrier’s well-documented move into the research of alternative jet fuel as part of an overall mission to secure a cleaner and environmentally friendl...

Irish Aviation Authority faces environmental initiatives

05/08/2010 00:00:00

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) is both concerned and proactive to ensure that its activities are as environmentally friendly as possible; we have, therefore, created a series of web pages with which to demonstrate our commitment to the environment, informing and updating readers about our...

Gatwick's green stamp of approval signals decade of change

05/08/2010 00:00:00

Gatwick Airport has announced the launch of its first sustainability plan as an independent airport and becomes the largest UK airport to achieve the Carbon Trust Standard, signalling its commitment to become a sustainable airport. The plans, called a ‘Decade for Change’, sets out the air...

Stansted on-track to send zero waste to landfill

04/08/2010 00:00:00

Over 60 tonnes of waste has been diverted from landfill in the past three months, thanks to Stansted Airport's latest re-cycling initiative that's keeping the airport on-track to achieve its target of zero waste to landfill by 2015. "Developing new re-cycling methods is a ke...

EU ETS, the smart money is on being prepared and being accurate

04/08/2010 00:00:00

Free carbon credits (potentially around 80% of an airline’s emissions charges) will be based on 2010 flights and allocated for the entire reporting cycle – that’s eight years’ worth. In simple terms a medium-sized operator with estimated emissions of 400,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2010 will have an est...

Alaska Airlines Greener Skies test flight lowers emissions by 35%

26/07/2010 00:00:00

Alaska Airlines demonstrated next-generation flight procedures this week during a test flight over Puget Sound that burned less fuel and reduced emissions by 35 percent compared to a conventional landing. The flight was part of Alaska Air Group's "Greener Skies" project at Seattle-Tacoma Internat...

Small emitter's tool has been approved

26/07/2010 00:00:00

The European Commission has approved the Small Emitter's Tool for aircraft operators under the EU ETS. This is not to be confused with the ETS Support Facility, which has still to be approved. The Small Emitter's Tool is a template spreadsheet into which the Operator must input the aircraft type ...

Boeing headquarters building earns EPA's ENERGY STAR

22/07/2010 00:00:00

Boeing headquarters, in downtown Chicago, which is managed by CB Richard Ellis has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ENERGY STAR, the national symbol for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. This signifies that the building performs in the top 25 ...

OnPoint Fuel & Carbon Solutions named to GE's ecomagination product portfolio

22/07/2010 00:00:00

GE Aviation's OnPointSM Fuel & Carbon Solutions has been added as the newest product in GE's ecomagination portfolio, joining other Aviation ecomagination products - the GEnx and GE90 engines, CFM56-3 Advanced Upgrade, CFM56 Tech Insertion and TrueCourseTM Flight Management System. Adding to ...

Boeing unveils plans for advanced ecoDemonstrator program

22/07/2010 00:00:00

Boeing has announced its ecoDemonstrator Program for accelerating environmental technologies. The ecoDemonstrator Program will emphasise emerging technologies in the areas of fuel efficiency, noise reduction and operational efficiency, while readying technologies at a faster pace for aviation app...

Rockwell Collins to play key role in SESAR/AIRE Green Connection evaluations

20/07/2010 00:00:00

Rockwell Collins, as member of a consortium of industry partners led by the Swedish Air Navigation Service Provider ‘Luftfartsverket’ (LFV), has been awarded an active role in the AIRE (Atlantic-Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions) “Green Connections” project. The consortium includes ...

Aviastar-TU prepares for EU ETS

15/07/2010 00:00:00

The air carrier Aviastar-TU has asked Lufthansa Consulting (LCG) for assistance to enable the company to fulfil the requirements of the EU ETS directive coming into effect from 2012. As Aviastar-TU operates most of its flights to the EU, it is affected by the new regulations. The airline aims to ...

SESAR unites aviation world for quick green results

14/07/2010 00:00:00

The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) selected 18 projects involving 40 airline, airport, ANSP and industry partners to expand the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE). Under the initiative, the SJU supports integrated flight trials and demonstrations validating solutio...

Transportation and aviation leaders launch sustainable biofuels initiative

13/07/2010 00:00:00

Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Portland International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International Airport and Washington State University today announced a strategic initiative to promote aviation biofuel development in the Pacific Northwest. The first regional assessment of it...

UK’s first perfect flight

12/07/2010 00:00:00

Britain’s aviation industry has come together to reach an important environmental milestone, turning the normal Saturday evening service from Heathrow to Edinburgh into the UK’s first “perfect flight”. Every factor within the journey – from pushback from the stand and taxiing to an optimised flig...

First night flight ever by a solar plane

08/07/2010 00:00:00

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, with André Borschberg at its controls, successfully landed this morning at 09:00, to the cheers of a crowd of supporters who came to celebrate this great milestone. For more than 26 hours, André Borschberg expertly piloted the aircraft with its 64 meter wingspan. The pla...

Detroit Metro Airport and Delta expand public recycling program

02/07/2010 00:00:00

Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) have expanded their commitment to the environment with the introduction of a new public recycling program at Detroit Metro Airport (DTW). Nearly 70,000 travelers who pass through DTW's McNamara Terminal each day will find that t...

LAWA receives LAX Coastal Area Chamber's Sustainability Award

29/06/2010 00:00:00

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) received the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce's Sustainability Award during the chamber's recent installation dinner at the Westin Los Angeles International Airport Hotel. "Our mission has always been to balance the needs of the travelling public and t...

Solar Impulse first night flight attempt imminent

29/06/2010 00:00:00

Dependent upon the weather, the Solar Impulse aircraft may well be attempting its first night flight, powered solely by solar energy on 1st July. It is expected that around 06.00 in the morning, the Solar Impulse will be towed onto the runway where the final preparations will be ma...