Christchurch Airport has become the first airport to implement PACE Airports, the extension of Fexco's aviation sustainability data and analytics platform.
Fexco has established PACE as a market leader for aviation financiers and is used by banks like JP Morgan and the second-largest aircraft lessor in the world, SMBC AC, to inform them on their financed aviation emissions.
The New Zealand airport pioneered the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme, and became the first airport in the world to reach level five in 2023, and only 18 airports have since achieved the rating.
The airport chose PACE Airports so it can track, analyse and action live data rather than on an annual basis.
Leveraging multiple new data points will allow the sustainability team to have more accurate, data-led conversations with airline operators and external stakeholders.
In addition, banks can use PACE Airports to evaluate emissions in airport financing deals.
PACE Airports tracks 99%commercial flight activity globally, recording over 370,000 individual routes, and calculates specific emissions based on over 10bn data points, right down to the engine on the wing.
It is highly configurable to allow airports to track specific runway taxi times and distances, enabling them to drill down into the minute details for highly accurate output data.
“Christchurch Airport has always leaned into sustainability and innovation. We first started tracking our emissions in 2006, and we have continually challenged what more we can do in decarbonisation through innovation and adaptability," said Claire Waghorn, sustainability transition leader at Christchurch Airport.
"Our strategy has always been data-driven, and PACE unlocks a new level of insight and intelligence that is really exciting for us as we continue our sustainability journey.
"At Christchurch Airport, our key focus on this sustainability journey has always been optimising our entire operations to reduce emissions; the insights from the PACE Airports platform now give us data to consider our aviation-related emissions across the entire airport operations.”
Bertie Murphy, CSO of Fexco Group, added: "Our vision at PACE is to be the independent aviation emissions source across the aviation value chain, trusted and relied upon by all stakeholders. Expanding into Airports is a natural next step in the evolution of our product.
"We are thrilled to welcome Christchurch Airport, a global leader in sustainability, as a customer. We are enthused to see the impact the data and insights from PACE are having at Christchurch Airport, supporting the team in delivering on their emissions reduction targets.”
Photo: Fexco in Co. Kerry. (Pic: Supplied)
