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Green GSE: A squeeze on bottom lines or a business opportunity?
While many airports and handling companies lag behind in adopting greener technologies, Vestergaard Company has launched a series of trend-setting green solutions in the GSE field that will contribute to eliminating the need for fossil fuel-burning and polluting vehicles in airports, simultaneously helping environmental efforts while boosting sustainability.
estergaard Company has launched a series of green solutions in the GSE field, and while some operators are debating whether it makes sense to “get on the bandwagon” now or wait to see if the situation changes or technologies become more mature, others are seeing it as a great business opportunity. Handling companies are now pitching their greener profile to airline customers and winning contracts. Acting green is now a factor along with other factors such as capacity, safety management, training and prices. Because there are green solutions in the market, this is not a case of green- washing an altogether black sector. From electric tugs, push-back tractors and crew buses, handling companies can now offer fully electric water and lavatory servicing, as well as fully electric de-icing as well. Not only are they solving issues with greenhouse gases, but they also reduce noise in the ramp area and eliminate small particle pollution – a well-known source of lung diseases amongst ramp workers. One major source of particle pollution is idling engines and, in many airports, diesel engines sit around idling for hours each day. Of course, these same engines also burn fuel during those idling periods – something that is completely eliminated in electric vehicles.
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Airports are increasingly investing in electric rather than fossil fuel-powered GSE vehicles.
“Not only are they solving issues with greenhouse gases, but they also reduce noise in the ramp area and eliminate small particle pollution – a well- known source of lung disease among ramp workers.”
(ESG) strategy and, when you are an airline, it is even more important to show that you are taking whatever steps are out there to reduce your carbon footprint and your impact on the local environment. In the post-Covid world, all parties are looking for a competitive edge and trying to rebuild their financial situation, and airlines are vying for as many of the passengers lost during these past two years as possible.
During various periods of lockdowns, travel restrictions and cancelled events, many of the potential customers have had time to reflect over the way they live their lives. Most of them will hopefully come back as customers, but they may have changed the way they look at air travel by asking themselves: “Do we really need to travel? Can I justify my actions?”. Several airlines are tackling these reflections head-on. Emissions can be
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