Zagreb Airport upgrades carbon accreditation

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Schiphol to cap flights

The Dutch government has made a historic announcement that the number of flights arriving at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport will be capped to bring down pollution. Schiphol, which is the third largest airport in Europe, will be limited to 440.000 flights a year from 2023. This represents an 11% reduction from the pre-pandemic numbers in 2019. The announcement received backlash from industry leaders who spoke out against flight number reductions, despite being broadly committed to sustainability goals. The European aviation association ACI Europe criticised the move for damaging an economic hub in the region. ACI Europe says it is committed to netzero by 2050 and actively encourages airports to assess the emissions of their commercial partners, including aircrafts, as part of their Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme. “Amsterdam Schiphol makes the Netherlands bigger than it is. The decision of the government to significantly reduce the capacity of the airport will make the Netherlands smaller”, says Olivier Jankovec, ACI Europe director general, in reference to the airport's role in the regional economy. In an earlier statement on working alongside law-makers to achieve sustainable air travel, ACI Europe President Javier Marin criticised pushes to reduce regional flights and warned against governments caving in to ‘climate populism’. Other criticisms came from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which spoke out against the government’s move. “Schiphol has been struggling to cope with demand, which shows how important the airport is”, says Willie Walsh, director general of IATA, in reference to the staff shortages which are plaguing European airports including Schiphol. “This crazy decision to cut the airport off at its knees will achieve none of the stated environmental aims, but it will cause irreparable harm to jobs and prosperity. The government should reverse course”, Walsh adds.

Zagreb Airport upgrades carbon accreditation

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Zagreb Airport has upgraded its Airport Crbon Accreditation, an independent, voluntary program which aims at reducing CO2 emissions at airports, and is now one step away from carbon neutrality. The airport has now entered Level 3 - optimisation. The optimisation step of Airport Carbon Accreditation requires third party engagement in carbon footprint reduction. Third parties include airlines and various service providers, for example, independent ground handlers, catering companies, air traffic control and others working on the airport site. It also involves engagement on surface access modes (road, rail) with authorities and users. In recent years, Zagreb Airport has introduced a number of measures to monitor and reduce its energy consumption, through the installation of efficient LED lighting, low voltage reconstruction in the transformer station, boiler room reconstruction, reconstruction and modernisation of the heating/cooling substation and hot water through the use of solar collectors. Thanks to these activities, the airport’s carbon emissions were reduced by 4% between 2017 and 2019, despite a significant increase in the number of passengers handled. Plans for the airport include the construction of a photovoltaic powerplant which will enable the direct conversion of solar energy into electricity and the replacement of existing vehicles and equipment with more environmentally friendly options. "Zagreb Airport is committed to implementing business solutions that aim to reduce negative environmental impacts. Achieving Level 3 is an extremely important step in these efforts. Our goal and commitment is to achieve zero CO2 emissions by 2050 and we will be persistent on that path”, the airport's General Manager, Huseyin Bahadir Bedir, said.

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sloavio18:02
If anyone is interested in how the Trade air a319 was returned back to Zagreb after it had been stored in Arizona.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR18dqR-ADs&ab_channel=speedtapefilms
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