19 January Finally we end this week's series of announcements with 2 important renewals. Izmir Adnan Menderes International Airport renews its Mapping accreditation, while Goteborg Landvetter maintains its excellent Neutrality level. Stay tuned to the site folks, because we've more exciting news on the way next week too!

18 January A new country and a new airport group enters Airport Carbon Accreditation with a bang, as Finnish airport operator Finavia brings 7 airports into the programme! Capital city airport Helsinki Vantaa becomes accredited at Mapping level. And the Lapland Airports Group - a group of 6 Finavia airports - have been working hard under the Northern Lights, to become accredited at Reduction level. The airports are Enontekiö Airport, Ivalo Airport, Kemi-Tornio Airport, Kittilä Airport, Kuusamo Airport and Rovaniemi Airport.

17 January And 2012 begins for Airport Carbon Accreditation on a strong note - we have a surge of accreditations to announce here over the next week ... so stay tuned!First up is Eindhoven Airport, which is upgrading to Reduction level. Congratulations!Secondly, Dusseldorf Airport has entered Airport Carbon Accreditation, at Mapping level. Welcome to our ever-growing family! 

19 December This morning, PPL's very own Warsaw Chopin Airport, the busiest airport in Poland has become Airport Carbon Accredited at the 'Mapping' level. You can read all about their plans for the future, in their press release. "Gratulacje Warsawa!"

30 November Big news this morning - a giant leap for Airport Carbon Accreditation! The programme has now officially been extended to the Asia-Pacific region of Airports Council International, soon to be the biggest aviation market in the world! Not only this but the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) - an agency of the United Nations -  took the opportunity to lend it's own support to the programme.  For the press release marking the occasion, click here, and see below, for a picture of the big announcement!

30 November And here is a pic of the big moment! Left to Right: Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE; Declan Collier, President ACI EUROPE and Chief Executive of Dublin Airport Authority; Kosaburo Morinaka ACI Asia-Pacific Vice President & President & CEO of Narita International Airport; Patti Chau, Regional Director, ACI Asia-Pacific. 

25 November The latest issue of Airport Carbon Accreditation News is out now. It's packed with the latest updates, inside information and an interview with David Meadows, Head of the unit responsible for the International Carbon Market - Aviation and Maritime within the European Commission. Click here! 

23 November Airport Carbon Accreditation has had a run of success in recent times, and so the moment calls for a reflection on just how far we have come to date. The latest tally is 46 accredited airports, spanning 17 countries and accounting for an awesome 49% of European passenger traffic. Not bad for an initiative still in its early days! The accreditations of Geneva and Rome-Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airports at the 'Optimisation' level, and Nice Côte d’Azur Airport at the 'Mapping' level all contributed to this latest in an already long line of high points.  For more details, see here!

15 November  You'll shortly be seeing the latest issue of Airport Carbon Accreditation News in your mailbox and available here. But in the meantime here's a sneak preview of the issue's interview with Damien Meadows, Head of the European Commission's unit responsible for the International Carbon Market - Aviation & Maritime. (And if you don't already receive the newsletter, you can sign up at the bottom of the left-hand menu!) 

14 October 2011 Sacrebleu! Aéroports de Paris have successfully renewed the accreditation of Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly airports (two of Europe's top 10 airports in terms of passenger traffic) at the 'Reduction' level.