EasyJet to work with Milan airports to cut emissions

EasyJet has agreed a brand new take care of the corporate that runs Milan’s two main airports to make operations extra sustainable.

The UK-based airline has signed a letter of intent with SEA (Societa Esercizi Aeroportuali), which manages each Milan Malpensa and Linate airports, overlaying areas equivalent to the usage of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and analysis into the airport infrastructure wanted to assist hydrogen propulsion. 

EasyJet and SEA can even collaborate to enhance waste administration and recycling, in addition to utilising zero-emission floor service tools.

The 2 firms will create a working group to observe the progress of the person actions that are developed by way of the settlement. 

Lorenzo Lagorio, easyJet’s nation supervisor in Italy, mentioned: “Decarbonising aviation is a cross-industry effort that the entire sector should undertake collectively. 

“At the moment’s settlement with SEA demonstrates easyJet’s dedication to constantly search for methods to make its operations ever extra sustainable and work intently with all companions concerned. 

“We are able to’t wait to begin working collectively on these modern tasks to make the airports of Malpensa and Linate much more environment friendly and sustainable.”

EasyJet has dedicated to attain net-zero by 2050 and has additionally set an interim goal to scale back the “depth” of its carbon emissions by 35 per cent by 2035. 

Armando Brunini, CEO of SEA, added that airports wanted to “speed up and diversify partnerships” to attain their very own net-zero targets.

“This settlement with easyJet, the biggest airline in Malpensa, will permit us to deal with emissions in a number of areas of our operations with a give attention to the introduction of sustainable aviation fuels,” mentioned Brunini.