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04Sustainability
Sustainability featured as a top priority for airport technology leaders. In fact, this study asked about sustainability on several occasions, and it always ranked in the top two considerations, with 76% of respondents confirming that sustainability objectives are an ‘important’ (28%) or ‘very important’ (48%) driver of technology investment for their airport.
Airport leaders were asked about ten specific technologies that can contribute to an airport’s sustainability goals. More than three-quarters are either investing in these technologies already or plan to do so in the future. Typically, between 40-50% are already investing in them today, with a further 30-40% planning to do so in the future.
Sustainability is part of everything we do at Amadeus.
Holger Mattig
SVP Product Management, Airport and Airline Operations, Amadeus
Technologies to improve airport sustainability
(currently or ‘planning to’ invest in each area)
%
Moving passenger processing systems
to energy-efficient cloud computing to retire
C02onsite servers and energy intensive PCs
%
Moving airport operational systems
to energy efficient cloud computing
to retire C02onsite servers
%
Improving accessibility at the
airport for underserved travelers,
e.g., People with disabilities and seniors
%
Systems to optimize aircraft
departure sequence to reduce
unnecessary fuel burn
%
Data analytics that provide insight into
demand so airport resources can be powered
down when possible (e.g., predicting demand
to power down unused check-in kiosks)
%
Ability to monitor C02emissions
at the airport using Internet of
Things (IoT) sensors
%
Switching our fleet of vehicles to
electric (e.g., buses, baggage trucks)
%
Supporting the introduction of
Sustainable Aviation Fuel at my airport
%
Ability to optimize the allocation of
airport resources (e.g., stand and gates)
based on sustainability priorities
%
Systems to manage and report
on your airport’s carbon emissions
and reduction progress
