| Click here to view the online version of this e-mail. | | | | | What better way to start the new year than with the support of the Belgian government who will be granting a special financial contribution to promote the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel? Brussels Airport expressed the ambition to significantly increase the SAF uptake as part of Stargate. The SAF incentive will be available to all passenger and cargo airlines for both short-haul and long-haul flights departing from Brussels Airport in 2024. The incentive program is one of the measures to accelerate the sustainable development of aviation and promote the use of SAF. | | | | Mobility data sharing in Athens | | Athens International Airport (AIA) has two promising projects in the pipeline for 2024. The first consists of implementing the "Mobility Data Sharing" initiative to revolutionize employee mobility. The second project aims to substantially reduce the total weight of waste collected from screening areas by providing passengers with dedicated bins for liquid disposal prior to security screening. | | | | Succesful implementation of mobility solutions | | | Stargate's Sustainable Airport Mobility Plan (SAMP) of the lighthouse airport provides a technical and policy strategy for coordinated and balanced development of the accessibility of the airport and the mobility services for passengers, employees, visitors and logistical flows. It combines a description of the current situation with recommendations on how to realize the intermodal hub to optimize the airport traffic flow. The first version of the SAMP helped to select and prioritise concrete measures such as the carpooling community and the bike test. | | | | | Connecting Europe by Air | | Save the date! The European Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport is organising the Connecting Europe Days, Europe's flagship mobility event, from 2 to 5 April 2024 in Brussels. As part of this occasion, a side event entitled Connecting Europe by Air will be co-organised with Brussels Airport Company and take place in the Skyhall. This event will gather policy makers and aviation industry stakeholders to discuss the role of aviation in ensuring the connectivity and sustainability of the European transport system. | | | | Joined forces for circular airports | | | On the initiative of TULIPS, the EU Green Deal projects for greener aviation set up a working group on circular airport operations. Regular meetings with circularity experts from TULIPS, OLGA, Stargate and Alight will enhance the exchange of knowledge and best practices. The circularity group is the first out of seven potential working groups within the green airports cluster, since existing collaboration on the topics of SAF, Hydrogen Ground Services and Intermodal mobility is expected to formalize in the coming months as well. | | | | From responsible to respectful flying | | With the introduction of the Respectful Flying Charter comprising 9 principles that focus on fleet renewal, reduced carbon emissions and innovative partnerships, Stargate community partner Brussels Airlines broadens its scope from responsible to respectful flying. | | | | | Budapest Airport excels in greener aircraft and ESG | | Budapest Airport ended 2023 with great results in terms of sustainability. An ESG assessment ranked our fellow airport among the top 50 transport companies worldwide. Moreover, almost a third of aircraft movements at Budapest Airport were carried out with new generation aircraft. More information about BUD's sustainability actions and ambitions can be found in their second sustainability report. | | | |  | This project has received funding from the European
Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement GA101037053. | | | | |
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