Tag: airports

Dubai’s building the world’s largest airport for $35 Billion

Leaders in the UAE are hoping the Al Maktoum Airport expansion will boost Dubai's real estate, especially in Dubai South.

Al Maktoum Dubai airport gets green light for $33 billion expansion

Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central (DWC) was recently approved for a $33 billion expansion making it the largest...

5 of Turkey’s Most Unsustainable Development Projects

Turkey's Taksim square protest flared up last week when police took drastic measures to clear activists from Gezi Park-...

Tel Aviv Bids for Artificial Island International Airport At Sea

Fly into Israel? Land at sea first on this 250 acre platform runway proposed for international flights. There has...

Teaching Old Planes New Energy Efficiency Landing Tricks

A simple change in operations gives aviation an environmental win-win-win. Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA) is an aircraft operating technique in...

Jet Engine Sponge Makes Airports Less Sensual

A new adaptor ring cuts noise pollution at airports. Airports are like Desperate Housewives. Unpopular neighbors, but crazy sensual. You can...

Morocco Airport Counts Solar Power Carbon Savings

Marrakesh also known as the "Ochre City" is my favorite place in Morocco. Visiting there last summer, I got...