However, if you ask anyone in the airport business, or any other person on the planet for that matter, the key challenge for the aviation industry is sustainability. We need to make steps in the sustainability domain with all capabilities we have as airports, both for current and future generations.
Thus, the statement is clear: every tech and data leader in the airport domain and wider aviation ecosystem should own and drive a digital sustainability roadmap. This entails leveraging the power of tech and data to overcome, mitigate, or minimize sustainability challenges, while also treating all tech and data assets—from cables to data centers and from laptops to cameras—in a sustainable way. This is what is called the Twin Transition, in which digitalization and sustainability go hand in hand.
Twin Transition Taskforce and Playbook from Schiphol Airport
The ACI World Airport IT Standing Committee (WAITSC), which brings together the thought leadership of airport IT subject matter experts from around the world, has concluded that airports should step up their Twin Transition initiatives. The WAITSC has asked Schiphol Airport to take the lead by creating a taskforce to drive this area forward.
Schiphol has created the Twin Transition Playbook as a practical guide to help business leaders join digital and sustainability roadmaps. The WAITSC taskforce plans to leverage the existing Playbook as a starting point and turn it into an airport specific Playbook, which will be applied to several airports. These experiences will result in an upcoming White Paper to further help aviation stakeholders strengthen their Twin Transition for a sustainable future.
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