Donegal Airport Achieves Level 4 “Transformation” in Airport Carbon Accreditation

Donegal Airport is proud to announce that we are the first Irish airport to achieve Level 4 “Transformation” in Airport Carbon Accreditation.  This achievement marks a very significant milestone in our sustainability journey and has been awarded in recognition of the airport’s continuing commitment to reducing its carbon footprint and aligning its operations with global climate goals.

Airport Carbon Accreditation is the only institutionally endorsed, global management certification programme for airports.  It independently assesses and recognises the efforts of airports to manage and reduce their carbon emissions through 7 levels of certification: ‘Mapping’, ‘Reduction’, ‘Optimisation’, ‘Neutrality’, ‘Transition’ and ‘Level 5’.

Commenting on the announcement by ACA, Eilís Docherty, Managing Director of Donegal Airport said:  “The Chairperson, Board of Directors and Management of Donegal Airport are particularly proud at being the first Irish airport to achieve Level 4 ACA. This certification has been earned by the commitment of the airport staff and wider airport stakeholders to our published Net Zero ambitions and we will continue to work towards our interim goal of a 70% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and a long term target of Net Zero emissions across all scopes no later than 2050”.

Mark Dwyer
Mark Dwyerhttps://flyinginireland.com
Mark is an airline pilot flying the Boeing 737 for a major European airline. In addition he is also a Type Rating Instructor, Type Rating Examiner and Base Training Captain on the B737. Outside of commercial flying Mark enjoys flying light aircraft from the smallest 3 Axis microlights up to heavier singles. He is also an instructor and EASA Examiner on single engines and a UK CAA Examiner. He flies the Chipmunk for the Irish Historic Flight Foundation (IHFF). Mark became the Chairman of the National Microlight Association of Ireland (NMAI) in 2013 and has overseen a massive growth in the organisation. In this role he has worked at local and national levels. In 2015, Mark won ‘Upcoming Aviation Professional Award’ at the Aviation Industry Awards sponsored by the IAA. Mark launched this website back in 2002 while always managing the website, he has also been Editor and Deputy Editor of FlyingInIreland Magazine from 2005 to 2015.

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