ACI Asia-Pacific Announces Results of Green Airports Recognition 2018
[March 5, 2018 – Hong Kong] ACI Asia-Pacific is pleased to announce results of the ACI Asia-Pacific Green Airports
Recognition 2018 which recognizes airports’ outstanding achievements in their environmental projects.
A total of 19 submissions were received this year. The Panel of Judges concluded that recognition will be awarded to the
following airports:
Over 35 million passengers per annum:
• Platinum – Hong Kong International Airport
• Gold – Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
• Silver – Indira Gandhi International Airport
Between 15 to 35 million passengers per annum:
• Platinum – Auckland Airport
• Gold – Abu Dhabi International Airport
• Silver – Kansai International Airport
Less than 15 million passengers per annum:
• Platinum – Adelaide Airport
• Gold – Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
• Silver – Christchurch International Airport
Mrs. Patti Chau, ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Director said, “I am pleased to see more participating airports this year and
more airports being recognized! Congratulations to all! The submissions will be a great contribution to the best
practice sharing Publication of Green Airports Recognition 2018. In addition, it will be considered for the ICAO Eco
Airport Toolkit – Waste management at airports.”
The Green Airports Recognition was established by ACI Asia-Pacific with the support of ACI Asia-Pacific Regional
Environment Committee. The Recognition’s objective 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. Understanding that different airports have different environmental priorities, each year,
there will be a specific environmental aspect to be chosen as theme of recognition. This year’s theme is Waste
Minimization.
The submissions were reviewed by the following judges:
• Mr. Christopher Paling, Senior Lecturer – Centre for Aviation, Transport, and the Environment, Manchester
Metropolitan University
• Mr. Christopher Surgenor, Editor/Publisher, GreenAir Online
• Ms. Juliana Scavuzzi, Aviation Environmental Specialist, ACI World
• Dr. Panagiotis Karamanos, Aviation Environmental Consultant
• Mrs. Patti Chau, Regional Director, ACI Asia-Pacific
Mr. Christopher Paling, Senior Lecturer – Centre for Aviation, Transport, and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan
University said, “It is interesting to see what airports in this region are doing – and there is a lot of excellent
projects as the submissions show.”
Recognized airports are invited to the award presentation ceremony to be held on April 24, 2018 at the ACI Asia-Pacific
Regional Assembly to be held in Chiba City, Japan. For more information about the event, please visit the event website
at http://aci-apaa2018.com.
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About Airports Council International Asia-Pacific
ACI Asia-Pacific, one of the five regions of the Airports Council International (ACI), is based in Hong Kong and
represents 106 members operating 604 airports in 49 countries in Asia-Pacific and the Middle-East.
As the only global trade association of the world’s airports, ACI represents airports’ interests with governments and
international organizations, develops standards, policies and recommended practices for airports, and provides
information and training opportunities to raise standards around the world. In 2016, ACI Asia-Pacific airports have
handled 3.1 billion passengers and 52.2 million tonnes of cargo.