The first airport to win Turkey’s Zero Waste Certificate, Istanbul, considers sustainability fundamental to its future. All of the airport’s activities are based on international sustainability standards, and zero waste is seen as a critical success factor.

Key to the airport’s certification was the sorting of waste, according to Ülkü Özeren, advisor to the chief executive officer and leader of the project. Istanbul sorts waste into five categories: paper/cardboard, packaging, glass, organic and domestic.

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San Francisco International’s (SFO) five-year strategic plan was not intentionally aligned with the Fitwel healthy building rating system, but the overlap is evident. So much so, according to SFO’s healthy and resilient buildings program manager, Anthony Bernheim, that the scheme’s requirements were met by the new Harvey Milk Terminal 1 without the need to even tweak the building’s design.

Bernheim is responsible for the management of the Net Zero Energy and the Activation Planning Services programs within the airport’s planning design and construction function.

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Auckland Airport’s Operations Centre team is keeping the airport running smoothly by bringing in staff from other departments, and by establishing three working groups separated by large, drop-down dividers.

According to general manager operations, Anna Cassels-Brown, the Operations Centre is typically staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by up to 16 people in a shift team, handling the everyday functions in both the international and domestic terminals.

“Our Operations Centre normally runs as one large, open space – banks of monitors keep staff up to date with everything going on from the traffic on the roads, to the gate areas and arrivals hall.

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ACI LAC, ALTA, CANSO and IATA, representing aviation across Latin America and the Caribbean, have renewed their call on governments and authorities to work in a coordinated and assertive manner to sustain the viability of the aviation industry.

In a joint statement, the organizations stressed that although the air transport system is enabling the urgent transportation of medicines, vaccines and life-critical personnel, and the safe repatriation of citizens, the rest of the sector has ground to a halt.

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As of April 1, 2020, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s entire terminal will be smoke-free, following the closure of its post-security designated smoking areas.

Schiphol had already closed its pre-security smoking areas. Both closures were driven by a September 2019 ruling of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands that all smoking areas in Dutch catering outlets must be closed. Having complied with this by banning smoking from its F&B outlets, the airport chose to go one step further, making its terminal completely smoke-free.

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Ontario International Airport officials have adjusted airport operations and services to reflect reduced passenger flight schedules in April.

Passenger flights at the Californian airport will be reduced by one-third, from 66 daily departures to 46. As a result, passenger volumes will be reduced significantly while safe-at-home orders remain in place in states, counties and cities across the USA.

While airlines operating at Ontario intend to reduce the number of flights to and from the airport, they plan to maintain service to all non-stop destinations with the exceptions of Houston Intercontinental (United Airlines) and Taiwan (China Airlines).

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Airports Council International (ACI) World has issued guidance on IT practices being implemented by airports around the globe in response to the unprecedented disruption and upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In response to the rapid decline in traffic as a result of widespread travel restrictions and the health and safety implications of the spread of COVID-19, airports are ensuring the safety and health of all airport stakeholders by reducing on-site staff – including IT staff – to essential personnel only.

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Staff from Teesside International Airport in the UK have delivered all perishable food from its cafés, originally intended for passengers, to workers at nearby Darlington Memorial Hospital.

Following the airport terminal’s temporary closure on March 24, 2020, staff decided to support key health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by donating food items, ensuring that nothing went to waste.

The airport had recently seen substantial growth in flights and passenger numbers, prompting management at the bars and cafés to add to their food and beverage supplies.

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This video shows the latest addition to the team at Hong Kong International Airport – an intelligent sterilization robot (ISR).

The robot, which moves autonomously, can sterilize up to 99.99% of bacteria and viruses in the air and on surfaces using UV light, 360° disinfection spray-heads and 0.3μm air filtering. The sterilization process can take as little as 10 minutes.

The technology was developed in Hong Kong and to date the ISR has been used mainly in hospitals.

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