(29/10/23) When it comes to sustainable airports in Europe,
few can rival the impressive initiatives implemented at Helsinki Airport (HEL)
in Finland.
To learn more about those initiatives and how the
airport plans to move from being already carbon neutral to net
zero, Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com sat down with Ulla Lettijeff,
Senior Vice President and Director, at the Routes World 2023
airport services and airline route development forum and
exhibition in
Istanbul, Türkiye.
Ulla Lettijeff, SVP and Director, Helsinki Airport (HEL)
To learn more about those initiatives, and how the
airport plans to move from being already carbon neutral to net
zero, Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com sat down with Ulla Lettijeff,
Senior Vice President and Director, at the Routes World 2023
airport services and airline route development forum and
exhibition in
Istanbul, Türkiye.
In this interview, filmed on 15 October, Ulla
tells us where Helsinki Airport is in terms of post-Covid
recovery, passenger numbers so far this year, what targets they
have set for 2024, and how routes to and from Asia have been
impacted.
Ulla tells us about the latest security installed
at the airport, how that system removes one of the main pain
points for frequent travellers passing through airports, and how
reviews of the airport experience have improved since the
installation.
We discuss in what other ways the airport is using
technology to enhance the travel experience even further, how easy
it is to get from the airport to the city, what work HEL is doing
to implement passport-less travel and how the airport is working
with local authorities to not only encourage people to use HEL as
a hub, but to also stop in the city and spend time and money
there. All that and much more in the HD video and podcast below.
Helsinki Airport (HEL) – Interview with Ulla Lettijeff, SVP and Director, at Routes World 2023
PODCAST
Routes World 2024 will take place in Bahrain from 6 to 8 October.
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