Solar energy takes off at Helsinki Airport

Helsinki Airport is to have a 500kW solar power plant installed on its roof. The move forms part of airport operator Finavia’s plan to go 100% carbon neutral across its 21 sites by 2020. At Helsinki Airport, this goal will be reached in 2017 with the installation of the solar roof at Terminal 2. At the same […]

Helsinki airport trims plane idling, cuts fuel costs

Changing the way airlines talk to each other about plane take-off and landing at Helsinki airport has cut fuel costs and made flights run more punctually. Airport operator Finavia made the claim on Monday, nearly two years after bringing in a scheme to make communication between different operators at the airport “smoother and more effective”. […]