SEA - Società Esercizi Aeroportuali, the Group that manages the airports of Milan Malpensa and Linate, and easyJet – the number one airline at Milan airports – this morning signed a Letter of Intent with the aim of working together to implement a more sustainable management of operations at Milan airports.
Both companies share the conviction that, to be truly sustainable, air transport must achieve decarbonisation at scale, and that reaching net-zero by 2050 requires a joint effort across the entire value chain, from airports to airlines.
The agreement signed between easyJet and SEA defines the areas in which the two companies will be working together: the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), research into infrastructural requirements for hydrogen propulsion, improvements in waste management and recycling, as well as the use of zero-emission ground service equipment.
The parties will also create a working group that will meet regularly and monitor the progress of the individual actions developed within the framework of this agreement.
Lorenzo Lagorio, Country Manager of easyJet in Italy, said: “Decarbonising aviation is a cross-industry effort, that the whole sector must undertake together. easyJet has committed to achieve net-zero by 2050 when joining the United Nations’ Race to Zero campaign last year and also recently announced an interim target to improve its carbon emissions intensity by 35% compared to FY2020, to be achieved by 2035.
Today’s agreement with SEA demonstrates easyJet’s commitment to continuously look for ways to make its operations ever more sustainable and work closely with all partners involved. Driven by the desire to bring real change to the aviation sector, we can’t wait to start working together on these innovative projects to make the airports of Malpensa and Linate even more efficient and sustainable.”