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assertions that the UK government is focused on achieving ‘clean, green net zero aviation’ – which could ultimately be a game-changer for the industry. Remove the risk to the environment and the future could look very different.
Spanish company Ferrovial has partnered with Mott MacDonald and Grimshaw to develop a network of more than 25 vertiports across the UK that will be served by electric eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) flying taxis from Lilium and Vertical Aerospace.
On a larger scale, the UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute has unveiled plans for a 279-seater hydrogen-powered airliner that could fly from London to San Francisco without refuelling and with zero greenhouse gas emissions. FlyZero project director Chris Gear said: ‘At a time of global focus on tackling climate change our concept sets out a truly revolutionary vision for the future of global air travel keeping families, businesses and nations connected without the carbon footprint.’ Te research project, which it is hoped will have
Delhi Noida International Airport already has expansion plans in place, looking to grow from 30 million to 70 million passengers annually all while having a net-zero
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Chek Lap Kok International Airport Hong Kong
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Red Sea International Airport, Saudi Arabia Divided into five
mini-terminals, the dune-like roof shells of this new airport cantilever on the landside and airside to provide shade to the passengers. An internal green oasis with an indigenously planted garden forms a green focus, creating a relaxed, resort-like atmosphere. Due to be completed in 2022, it will deliver a million passengers a year to the new Red Sea Resort where Foster has also designed the Southern Dunes Hotel.
Architect Foster + Partners
Client The Red Sea Development Company
Engineering subconsultant WSP Global Contractor Aecom
Completed in 1999, Foster + Partners’ 1.3km long terminal was the largest enclosed public space ever created and can be seen from space, with a shape like a giant plane. It was designing to handle 35 million passengers during its first year, rising to 80 million by 2040.
Architect Foster + Partners
Engineering design and management Mott MacDonald
Archictectural steelwork Arup
Collaborator BAA plc
Contractors AMEC, Balfour Beatty, China State Construction Engineering Corporation
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Delhi Noida International Airport
Grimshaw’s new airport in Uttar Pradesh, India, which is under construction will initially handle up to 30 million passengers a year, but with expansion plans in place to take up to 70 million, all while being carbon net-zero and reaching LEED Gold standard.
Architect Grimshaw Client Zurich
Airport International
Competition team Grimshaw, Nordic Ofice of Architecture, Haptic and STUP
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