Issue 15 – December 2017
ACI Acts as a Key Player in Safety Matters at ICAO Asia-Pacific and Middle East Peer Review at Sanya Airport to Enhance Safety New Leadership at ACI Regional Safety Committee Continues Strategy of Safety Excellence
ACI Security Committee Develops Guidance on Cybersecurity and Insider Threat More APEX in Security Reviews Successfully Conducted in Asia-Pacific ACI Calls for More Effective Communication on Dangerous Goods Restrictions
Green Airports Recognition 2018 is Open for Application! Preliminary Statistics from Environmental Survey 2017 Airport Carbon Accreditation Updates ICAO Green Airports Seminar and CAEP WG2 meeting in Montreal
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ACI Advocates for a Flexible Approach on the Issue of Airport Networks & Cross-Subsidization ACI World & Asia-Pacific Economics Committee Met in Singapore and Visited Changi T4 Opening
ACRIS Work Group Meeting in Asia-Pacific
Sustainable Aviation Fuels at Brisbane Airport – the Momentum is Building in Queensland
AAHK Recognizes Top Companies in Airport-wide Carbon Reduction Awards
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ACI Acts as a Key Player in Safety Matters at ICAO Asia-Pacific and Middle East Aviation is a heavily regulated industry and this is understandable. Let’s take the example of safety: An industry such as commercial air transport could not have developed so fast, growing by 70% in the last 10 years, without a good safety record. Aviation is the safest mode of transport in terms of number of accidents and fatalities per mile travelled. This outstanding achievement is largely due to the tremendous coordinated efforts over the decades made by regulators and industry sectors such as airports and airlines in developing design and operating standards of aerodrome facilities and aircraft under the leadership of ICAO, the United Nations agency for aviation safety. That is why ACI has been participating actively in ICAO safety meetings to ensure that the views of airports are adequately taken into consideration when safety initiatives such as design, operating procedures and action plans are established. ACI AsiaPacific recently participated in three such meetings in Asia-Pacific and Middle East. The first two were held in Bahrain and Muscat and were organized by the ICAO Middle East office located in Cairo, Egypt 1. At these two meetings the Middle East Safety Strategy, a plan to progressively further enhance safety in the region, was discussed, revised and approved, with the participation of State regulators and industry associations such as ACI. The meetings also confirmed the plan to establish a Regional Safety Oversight Organization, an international safety agency to provide mutual technical assistance to Middle East and North Africa States in safety oversight. Safety oversight is an area of a government’s responsibility to ensure operators such as airports and airlines comply with safety rules. The other safety meeting2 was organized by the ICAO Asia-Pacific office in Bangkok. ACI Asia-Pacific was invited to moderate a workshop on runway safety. Participants were given assignments to create safety enhancement initiatives. They were also asked to identify obstacles to the implementation of existing ICAO safety enhancement initiatives based on recent incidents and accidents. ACI Asia-Pacific has been invited to join a task force to review the regional safety plan for the 38 States in Asia-Pacific. Overall ACI Asia-Pacific has built up its credentials at the UN agency in the area of safety in the last few years. The best way for ACI members to be part of this effort is to join the ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Operational Safety Committee. Through this Committee, ACI members receive detailed reports on the association’s activities at ICAO and provide inputs to ICAO plans and safety measures. The Committee meets twice a year. The most recent one was held in November 2017 in Bangkok and the next one (the 21 st) is tentatively scheduled for 21 to 23 April 2018 in Narita, Japan. If you are interested in joining the Committee, please contact SL Wong at sl@aci-asiapac.aero. These two meetings are ICAO RASG-MID/6 (the 6th meeting of ICAO Middle East Regional Aviation Safety Group meeting) held in Bahrain from 26 to 28 September 2017, and DGCA-MID/4 (the 4th ICAO Middle East Directors 1
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General of Civil Aviation Conference) held in Muscat from 17 to 19 October 2017. The meeting was APRAST/11 (the 11th meeting of ICAO Asia-Pacific Regional Aviation Safety Team) held in Bangkok from 20 to 24 November 2017. 2
Peer Review at Sanya Airport to Enhance Safety One of the benefits of joining ACI is the opportunity to invite fellow members of the international airport community to conduct on-site peer reviews on airport safety or security. From 23 to 27 October 2017, a team of safety experts from Beijing, Dublin, Hong Kong, Incheon and ACI offices, conducted a comprehensive safety review at Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX), a facility located in the tropical island of Hainan in Southern China. The review was conducted based on a checklist of questions extracted from ACI safety handbooks, and ICAO manuals and standards. It covers all key areas of airport safety. One might immediately think of the airport infrastructure, the “hardware”, such as the runways, taxiways, markings and signs which are unquestionably critical to the maintenance of a high standard of safety. However equally important but often neglected is the “software” working quietly behind the scenes to ensure that no safety hazards are left unnoticed or slipped through the cracks of a sizeable and complex organization such as the airport. Such piece of software is the Safety Management System, the establishment of which given its critical role unsurprisingly is a mandatory ICAO requirement for all service providers such as airports and airlines. Finally, one cannot emphasize enough the importance of rescue and firefighting. It is often a matter of life and death when it comes to rescuing passengers from the wreck in a prompt manner, sometimes in flames burning with aircraft fuel, in case such rare crash did unfortunately occur. ACI launched the service in 2012 as APEX in Safety. It is free of charge to ACI members. The host airport, i.e. the airport where the review is conducted, is only responsible for the airline tickets and hotel accommodation of the team onsite, plus other minor expenses. ACI recently also initiated a similar service in security, APEX in Security and has received enthusiastic responses to the launch. Interested and qualified employees of ACI member airports are also eligible to working as safety or security assessors in APEX missions. ACI takes this opportunity to thank again all the voluntary safety and security assessors who have altruistically participated in non-compensatory APEX missions in the last few years and invite others to join this international pool of safety and security experts. Almost 80 airports worldwide have asked ACI to conduct safety reviews. Have you used this membership benefit? If your airport is interested in hosting a safety or security review or sending assessors to APEX missions, please contact SL Wong at sl@aci-asiapac.aero.
New Leadership at ACI Regional Safety Committee Continues Strategy of Safety Excellence ACI’s regional panel of safety experts, i.e. the ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Operational Safety Committee, at its 20th
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session held in Bangkok from 8 to 10 November 2017, elected Mr. Narayanasamy Venkatachalapathy (Hyderabad) as Vice Chair of the Committee for a term of two years. Upon his election, Mr. Venkatachalapathy thanked Committee members for their support and expressed his commitment to the improvement of safety in the region. He highlighted runway safety, people management and the management of change as some of the key safety issues in the region and promised to work with the Committee on these. Mr. Cheng Ling Perng (Malaysia), elected in 2016 as Chair, also for a term of two years, will continue to lead the Committee and will be assisted by the new Vice Chair. The 20th session discussed at length people management and human resources. The Committee decided to work with the ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Human Resources Committee to jointly provide inputs to an ICAO working group tasked with the drafting of guidelines on the competency requirements of aerodrome technical and operational personnel. Since training is also an important matter for the development of competent human resources for airports, the Committee reviewed the current ACI safety training programs and concluded that more practical exercises should be conducted during the training courses to enhance the learning experience. The Committee reconfirmed its work plan to produce safety guidance materials for airports in the region. It has already produced and published a handbook on safety promotional materials. The Bangkok meeting reviewed and approved a change management checklist aimed at helping airport safety managers in evaluating and mitigating the safety risks of changes, such as infrastructural, regulatory, procedural and organization changes to the airport. The checklist will be published and posted on the ACI Asia-Pacific members-only webpage in early 2018. The Committee has now embarked on the task of writing guidelines on accident investigation and root cause analysis. The subject was picked by voting amongst Committee members on a list of subjects drawn up in a brainstorming process. You are welcome to suggest any topics for consideration by the Committee in the future. Please write to SL Wong at sl@aci-asiapac.aero. The Committee also had the pleasure of meeting with the ICAO Regional Officers responsible for safety and aerodrome facilities based in Bangkok while in session there. The meeting greatly enhanced the mutual understanding between ACI and ICAO in the area of safety and facilitate future cooperation between the two organizations. The Committee meets twice a year. The next (21st) meeting is tentatively scheduled for 21 to 23 April 2018 in Narita. If you are interested in joining the Committee, please click here for details.
The ACI safety committee elects Mr. Narayanasamy Venkatachalapathy, Hyderabad airport, (third from left, front row) as Vice Chair and meets with ICAO in Bangkok.
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ACI Security Committee Develops Guidance on Cybersecurity and Insider Threat The 21st Regional Aviation Security Committee (RASC) meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 6-7 November 2017, hosted by Airports of Thailand. Fourteen Committee members and observers from ten airports attended the meeting where the Committee discussed the latest security issues including the ICAO Global Aviation Security Plan (GASeP), enhancement of security culture, capacity building, threats on hidden explosive devices in personal electronic items and more. Also, Mr. Ross Lockie, the Regional Officer of Aviation Security and Facilitation at ICAO Bangkok Office, was invited to the meeting as a guest speaker to present the latest development at ICAO on aviation security. Furthermore, for the first time ever, the Committee formed two working groups on cybersecurity and insider threat that aim to produce guidance materials for airports on these two emerging threats. The guidance materials are expected to be completed in early 2019. The 22nd RASC meeting is scheduled to be held in Narita, Japan on 26-27 April 2018, following the 13th ACI AsiaPacific Regional Assembly. Please contact SL Wong at sl@aci-asiapac.aero if you are interested in participating in the Committee.
ACI Asia-Pacific Security Committee members and ICAO representatives in Bangkok discuss current security issues and actions to be taken to manage risks in the aviation industry today.
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More APEX in Security Reviews Successfully Conducted in Asia-Pacific Airport Excellence (APEX) in Security is a peer review program aimed at helping airports enhance security. Participation in the program is entirely voluntary and the peer review is not a security audit. Two APEX in Security pilot reviews for Juanda International Airport (SUB) in Surabaya and Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG) in Makassar, Indonesia were hosted by Angkasa Pura I (AP I) from 21 to 25 August and 28 to 31 August respectively. They were the 5th and 6th APEX in Security pilot reviews since the inaugural review in Mauritius in March 2016. The review team in Surabaya and Makassar were comprised of security experts from ACI World, ACI Asia-Pacific, ICAO, Cork Airport, Budapest Airport, Brisbane Airport and Incheon Airport. Over the review period, the team assessed five aspects of security at the two airports, namely security management, people, facilities, processes and quality. An official launching ceremony for the APEX in Security program was held at the 27 th ACI World Annual General Assembly in Mauritius in October 2017. Going forward, more reviews have already been planned in the coming years across different regions, including Asia-Pacific. Stay tuned and please contact SL Wong at sl@aci-asiapac.aero if you are interested in hosting a review or becoming an APEX assessor.
APEX review team welcomed by Angkasa Pura I in Surabaya and Makassar in August 2017.
APEX in Security officially launched in ACI World Annual General Assembly in Mauritius in Oct 2017.
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ACI Calls for More Effective Communication on Dangerous Goods Restrictions Dangerous Goods (DGs) are articles or substances which are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety, property or the environment when transported by air. Some common examples of DGs include flammable liquids, corrosives substances, gas cylinders and spare lithium ion batteries. Mostly, these items are not allowed to be carried on board, either as checked or hand baggage by passengers. Recently, some passengers have expressed their confusion over what items, especially what size (electrical capacity) of lithium batteries can be carried in the hand luggage to the flight cabin. For example, certain prohibited items, which are permitted to be carried onboard on an outbound flight from one country, is not allowed on the return flight or on an onward connecting flight at the transit point in another country, causing frustration and inconvenience to passengers. In this regard, ACI recommends that airports work closely with airlines and their ground handling agents to ensure the information on DGs is effectively conveyed to passengers either during check-in or through setting up prominent display of DG information at the passenger terminal.
ACI recommends more effective communication on dangerous goods carriage restriction.
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Green Airports Recognition 2018 is Open for Application! “Green Airports Recognition 2018” is now open for application. The objective of the Green Airports Recognition is to promote environmental best practices to minimize aviation’s impact on the environment and to recognize ACI Asia-Pacific airport members who have outstanding accomplishments in their environmental projects.
By participating in this initiative, airport members will have the opportunity to share their environmental projects in the region and also have the chance to be recognized for your airport’s outstanding achievements. The specific environmental aspect chosen as the theme of recognition this year is Waste Minimization. To promote environmental best practices sharing, one of the eligibility requirements is to complete the ACI AsiaPacific Environmental Survey 2017. The application form can be downloaded here with the deadline of 22 January 2018, 12:00 noon, Hong Kong Time (GMT + 8 hours). For more information, please contact Ken Lau at green_airports@aci-asiapac.aero.
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Preliminary Statistics from Environmental Survey 2017
To build on the success of the last ACI Asia-Pacific Environmental Survey in 2015, the Regional Office launched the ACI Asia-Pacific Environmental Survey 2017 in mid-July. By completing the Survey, participating airports will:
Fulfil the crucial best practice sharing requirement to enter the Green Airports Recognition 2018 of the theme “Waste Minimization” to be launched at the end of this year and Green Airports Recognition 2019.
Receive a summary report on aggregated results and learn the industry trends and best practices in the region. Receive a full customized report that could compare airport’s environmental performance in the region and justify the existing and/or proposed environmental initiatives.
The ACI Asia-Pacific Environmental Survey 2017 has received 43 airports submissions, covering 30% of passenger traffic of Asia Pacific and Middle East. The Regional Office will perform analysis with the received data and produce a report by the end of this year. For more information, please contact Ken Lau at ken@aci-asiapac.aero.
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Airport Carbon Accreditation Updates There are now 39 Asia-Pacific airports certified by the programme as follows: Level 3+, Neutrality: -
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, India Indira Gandhi International Airport, India Kempegowda International Airport, India Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, India Sunshine Coast Airport, Australia
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Adelaide Airport, Australia Brisbane International Airport, Australia Chiang Mai International Airport, Thailand Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand Gimpo International Airport, Republic of Korea Hamad International Airport, Qatar Hat Yai International Airport, Thailand Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong Incheon Airport, Republic of Korea Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai International Airport, Thailand Parafield Airport, Australia Queen Alia International Airport, Jordan Suvarnabumi Airport, Thailand Sydney Airport, Australia
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Beijing Capital International Airport, China Dubai International, United Arab Emirates Dubai World Central, United Arab Emirates Kansai International Airport, Japan Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia Macau International Airport, Macau Muscat International Airport, Oman Osaka International Airport, Japan Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates Taoyuan International Airport, Chinese Taipei Townsville Airport, Australia
Level 3, Optimisation:
Level 2, Reduction:
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Level 1, Mapping: -
Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates Gold Coast Airport, Australia Hobart International Airport, Australia Nadi International Airport, Fiji Perth Airport, Australia Phnom Penh International Airport, Cambodia Salalah Airport, Oman Siem Reap International Airport, Cambodia Sihanoukville International Airport, Cambodia
Technical Updates:
The Regional Office attended the Airport Carbon Accreditation Task Force Meeting on 25 October. The Task Force made consensus on a more practical and meaningful way to account for carbon generated from addition and removal of airport assets. There were constructive discussions on the topics of demonstration of continuous emissions reductions and preliminary results of the Carbon offsetting study, the Regional Office presented on behalf of Hong Kong International Airport on the ideas for further recognitions for Airport Wide Carbon Target. These topics will be further consulted and examined in the next meeting. For more information about Airport Carbon Accreditation, please contact Ken Lau at ken@aci-asiapac.aero.
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ICAO Green Airports Seminar and CAEP WG2 meeting in Montreal The ICAO Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) is the technical thinktank of ICAO in the field of aviation environmental protection, under which there are many Working Groups and Task Forces in respective areas. Working Group 2 (WG2) [Airports and Operations] is by far most relevant to Airport Industry. This is why ACI is a permanent member of WG2. The Regional Office attended the 5th ICAO CAEP WG2 meeting on 28 November – 1 December 2017 at ICAO Headquarter, Montreal, Canada. This meeting was attended by about 20 aviation technical experts from CAAs, IATA, ACI, International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA). The Regional Office provided inputs in ECO-AIRPORT TOOLKIT e-publication, a ready-touse information document to support planning of airports environmentally, which would be made available through ICAO free of charge. The first publication: “Renewable Energy at the airport” was completed with 12 case study submission including 6 from the Asia-Pacific mainly contributed by Green Airports Recognition 2017 – Energy Management. The Regional Office will work with this group closely for the third publication “Waste Management at Airports” in line with the submission for Green Airports Recognition 2018 – Waste Minimization. On 29-30 November, the ICAO Seminar on Green Airports took place in ICAO Headquarter and attracted about 200 delegates, including Asia-Pacific airports representatives from Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brisbane, Kansai, Sharjah and Saudi Arabia. The Seminar on Green Airports had Welcome Address by Dr. Fang Liu Secretary General, ICAO, Keynote speech by Ms. Angela Gittens, Director General, ACI. The Seminar focused on topics: Concepts and Certifications of Green Airports, Clean Energy at Airports, Ground Transportation, Climate Adaptation and Resilience, Community Engagement and Cooperation, Financing and Sustainability Reporting. Many of the CAEP WG2 members were among the speakers list.
For more information, please contact Ken Lau at ken@aci-asiapac.aero.
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ACI Advocates for a Flexible Approach on the Issue of Airport Networks & Cross-Subsidization The topic of Airport Networks & Cross-Subsidization attracted heated debate at the ICAO Airports Economics Panel (AEP) meeting in May 2017. A number of States (Canada, US, & UK) advocated against cross-subsidization among airports within a national airport network. To counter these strong oppositions, ACI and member airports have been advocating for a position that States and airport operators should have the freedom and flexibility to decide whether or not to apply cross-subsidization according to local circumstances. The ACI position was supported by a large majority of States at the AEP. The Regional Office and a number of members in the region such as India, China and Malaysia were instrumental in achieving this result. At the conclusion of the meeting, AEP established Working Group 3 (WG3) to incorporate the various positions and concerns of this issue in the relevant ICAO documents. Hence, the debate now switches to the working group level and the challenge is to ensure the ACI concerns and positions are accurately reflected in the WG3 recommendations. Since May 2017, the Regional Office and ACI World continued to actively engage with members and stakeholders to maintain the momentum of the advocacy efforts:
Meeting with relevant authorities, Government officials, and member airports: Malaysia (June), China & India (September), Thailand (October), South Korea (November)
ACI released Policy Brief on “Airport networks and sustainability of small airports” in October providing datadriven evidence to the ACI position advocated at AEP.
ACI spoke at various events on the topic: Beijing’s China Civil Aviation Development Forum (May 2017), and the Beijing Global Friend Airports CEO Forum (Sept 2017).
At the upcoming ACI Economics & Finance Conference in April 2018, ACI will dedicate a panel on the discussion of this topic.
For more information, please contact Suzanne Tong at suzanne@aci-asiapac.aero.
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ACI World & Asia-Pacific Economics Committee Met in Singapore and Visited Changi T4 Opening Both the ACI World and Asia-Pacific Economics Committee met jointly in Singapore from 30 October to 1 November 2017. The World Economics Committee discussed advocacy plan and regional coordination on the issue of Airport Networks and current issues at WG3. ACI is planning for 2 Policy Briefs in 2018 on “Airport Concession Agreements” and “Taxes & Charges” to serve as evidence-based advocacy outreach tools to advance ACI positions in these topics. On the issue of Airport Charges, ACI identified 2 critical areas for revision in the upcoming review of the ICAO Airport Economics Manual (Doc 9562): (1) The interpretation of the cost-relatedness principle (2) Market Power Assessment. The Asia-Pacific Economics Committee reviewed and approved the Economic initiatives under the ACI Asia-Pacific Strategic Plan 2018 to 2020. The Committee conducted a preliminary planning session on the ACI Asia-Pacific 2017 Economic Review and brainstormed on a possible communication analytical piece in the area of Airport Charges. The meeting also featured a number of guest speakers from: Moody’s, Slot Coordinator of Changi Airport, Vinci Airports, and IATA.
For more information, please contact Suzanne Tong at suzanne@aci-asiapac.aero.
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ACRIS Work Group Meeting in Asia-Pacific The 23rd ACI Airport Community Recommended Information Services (ACRIS) Work Group meeting was held on 31 October – 1 November 2017 in Hong Kong.
The meeting reviewed the final draft of new ACRIS Recommended Practices that will include an Executive Summary Section intend for top management of airports. The meeting was updated in other ACRIS projects such as Seamless Travel (web service that provide information and different services to passengers through application such as a mobile phone app), Application Program Interface (API) shop by SITA (API is code that allows two software programs to communicate with each other), Apple Airport Map Indoor Localization and Sematic model (a data naming definition database that standardize IT terms and parameters for airport projects). ACI is also looking into a possible Global Hackathon in 2018 (a social coding event that brings computer programmers and other interested people together to improve upon or build a new software program). The Meeting carried out a workshop discussion regarding Blockchain - a new and rapidly evolving technology that could provide many opportunities to streamline current processes and improve interoperability of government agencies, industry providers, regulators, airports and airlines, the workshop focused on Blockchain applications for the aviation industry, many use cases were identified such as personal identity for security and airfield maintenance and inspection. The Group also attended the Hong Kong International Airport’s Technovation Conference on 2 November, which has the theme of Data Analytics and Intelligence applications. Some of the ACRIS group members took the opportunity to participate as speakers at the event. For more information about ACRIS, please contact Ken Lau at ken@aci-asiapac.aero.
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Sustainable Aviation Fuels at Brisbane Airport – the Momentum is Building in Queensland Momentum on sustainable aviation fuels is building in Queensland with the recent announcement from Virgin Australia that such fuels will be supplied to the regular fuel supply infrastructure at Brisbane Airport. The University of Queensland’s School of Chemical Engineering also recently participated in a student-lead design project centred on the supply of sustainable aviation fuels to Brisbane Airport. These projects all suggest that momentum is building for the biofuel industry in Queensland. Virgin Australia World-First Initiative to Supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel at Brisbane Airport The Virgin Australia Group is playing a leading role in the use and production of sustainable aviation fuels in Australia, with the launch of a sustainable aviation fuel trial through Brisbane Airport’s fuel supply system. The initiative will see US-based renewable fuel and chemical producer Gevo Inc supply sustainable aviation fuel, or biojet, to the fuel supply infrastructure at Brisbane Airport. The initiative marks the first time in Australia that biojet will be supplied through an airport’s regular fuel supply system and the first time in the world that biojet produced using the alcohol-to-jet process will be supplied to an airport’s regular fuel supply system. The project is critical to testing the fuel supply chain infrastructure in Australia to ensure that Virgin Australia and Brisbane Airport are ready for the commercial supply of sustainable aviation fuels. Brisbane Airport Corporation is an enthusiastic supporter of this initiative as it will help reduce carbon emissions produced as a result of airport operations (scope 3 emissions). To obtain a copy of Virgin Australia’s media release see: http://newsroom.virginaustralia.com/release/virgin-australia-group-leads-world-first-initiative-supply-sustainableaviation-fuel University of Queensland Chemical Engineering Design Project on Supplying Sustainable Aviation Fuels to Brisbane Airport Over twenty students from the University of Queensland’s School of Chemical Engineering recently completed a Semester 2, 2017 Master of Engineering Design Project on sustainable aviation fuels.
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They were tasked with the challenge of developing a commercial business case for the supply of sustainable aviation fuels to Brisbane Airport, utilising five different biofuel feed stocks readily available in Queensland. The feed stocks investigated were tallow, sugarcane trash, molasses (derived from sugarcane), municipal solid waste and sawmill residue. There were many opportunities and challenges identified by the students for all feed stocks, with Brisbane Airport Corporation continuing to partner with the University of Queensland to explore the options in more detail. Further information on this project can be obtained from enquiries@chemeng.uq.edu.au.
Wendy Weir – Environment and Sustainability Manager, Brisbane Airport Corporation Wendy Weir is the Environment and Sustainability Manager for Brisbane Airport Corporation. She is the current Vice Chair of the Airports Council International Regional Environment Committee for the Asia Pacific region and also chaired Australia’s national birdstrike avoidance group, the Australian Aviation Wildlife Hazard Group, from 2012 to 2015.
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AAHK Recognizes Top Companies in Airport-wide Carbon Reduction Awards On 29 November, AAHK presented awards to nine companies that had achieved outstanding reduction in their carbon emissions in support of its target to reduce airportwide carbon intensity at HKIA by 10% by 2020 from 2015 levels. This award scheme is one of the four engagement strategies developed by AAHK to support the 54 airport business partners (BPs) participating in the HKIA Carbon Reduction Programme. The objective of the awards is to recognize the top performing BPs in three categories according to the quantity of emissions, and to highlight their best practices so that other BPs might consider their applicability to their own carbon reduction programme.
Champion
1st Runner Up
2nd Runner Up
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd
Cathay Pacific Catering Services (HK) Ltd.
Civil Aviation Department
Between 2,000 & Gate Gourmet Hong Kong 10,000 tonnes Ltd
Hongkong Post
Select Service Partner Hong Kong Ltd
Below 2,000 tonnes
SATS HK Ltd.
Sinopec (Hong Kong) Petrol Filling Station Co., Ltd
Above 10,000 tonnes
Shell Hong Kong Ltd
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In addition to the reduction awards, AA will also organize an “Implementation” award - to highlight carbon reduction projects with a strong and replicable business case, and an “Innovation” award - to recognize BPs introducing new approaches to carbon reduction – in 2018. The other 3 aspects of the engagement strategy are: 1. AAHK hosts an annual Senior Executive Roundtable to encourage top management to discuss the highlevel business case for carbon reduction initiatives. This year AAHK invited the airport’s electricity provider to outline measures to support the development of its customers’ energy efficiency programmes. 2. AAHK coordinates bi-annual technical working group meetings to encourage BPs’ energy management teams to share best practices and provide the latest information on key emission reduction technologies. 3. AA has also developed a benchmarking scheme that encourages friendly competition between BPs in the same sector (e.g. outline caterers, hotels, cargo terminal operators) in reducing their carbon emissions. Mike Kilburn – Acting General Manager, Sustainability, Airport Authority Hong Kong Mike Kilburn is the Acting General Manager, Sustainability for Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK). He is responsible for developing and implementing the company’s sustainability and environmental strategies. He is currently Vice-Chair of the ACI World Environment Standing Committee and immediate past Chair of the ACI Asia Pacific Regional Environment Committee.
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Safety Related Activities Calendar Date 6-8 February 2018
Details 37th ACI World Safety & Technical Standing Committee Meeting
21-23 April 2018
21st ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Operational Safety Committee Meeting
Location Quito, Ecuador Narita, Japan
Security Related Activities Calendar Date 20-21 December 2017
Details ICAO Regional Conference on Global Aviation Security Plan
7 February 2018
AAPA Aviation Cyber Resilience Workshop
Location Bangkok, Thailand Singapore
26-27 April 2018
22nd ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Aviation Security Committee Meeting
Narita, Japan
Environment Related Activities Calendar Date 21-22 March 2018
Details ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Environment Committee Meeting
11-13 April 2018
ACA Task Force and ACI EUROPE ENVSTRAT Meeting
21-22 June 2018 (TBC)
ACI World Environment Standing Committee Meeting
Location Brisbane, Australia Zurich, Switzerland Oslo, Norway
Economics Related Activities Calendar Date 9-11 April 2018
Details ACI Economics & Finance Conference
12 April 2018 (TBC)
ACI World Economics Standing Committee Meeting
26-27 April 2018 (TBC)
ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Economics Committee Meeting
(The above are subject to change. Please check with ACI or related organisations for details)
Location London, UK Muscat, Oman Tokyo, Japan
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