GROUPE ADP'S PURPOSE AND VALUES IN IMAGES

Far from being a mere concept, our purpose to “Welcome passengers, operate and imagine airports, in a responsible way and all around the world” is incorporated within our strategic focus and helps to determine why we do what we do. This purpose is a course that we maintain, guided by our two values: Hospitality and Responsibility. It emerged from a process of reflection undertaken in 2019-2020 with more than 70 Groupe ADP employees in France and abroad. Groupe ADP presents the results of this work in a video.

CELEBRATION OF FRANCO-CHINESE FRIENDSHIP IN
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE’S TERMINAL 1

2024 will mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France and will be the Franco-Chinese Year of Cultural Tourism. As part of the festivities, famous pianist Lang Lang played in the Terminal 1 boarding lounge, accompanied by Erhu master Guo Gan. This exceptional event was broadcast live on social media on 4 December, attracting a huge audience with a total of 4.5 million views. “The Welcome Chinese Tourism Airport certification created in 2015 notably includes Chinese-speaking customer service teams, payment facilities for Chinese passengers and signs in Simplified Chinese” , revealed Augustin de Romanet. “Giving a warm welcome to our Chinese customers is very important to Groupe ADP. We can't wait to welcome back the two million Chinese tourists we were greeting before the Covid crisis.” This autumn-winter season sees a further increase in connectivity with China, with 14 additional flights per week. From Paris-Charles de Gaulle, six Chinese airlines, in addition to Air France-KLM, serve six cities in the People’s Republic.

A TEMPORARY BUILDING SPECIFICALLY FOR ATHLETES' BAGGAGE AT PARIS-ORLY

In order to distribute the volume of baggage as evenly as possible during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the teams from the Engineering & Capital Projects Division’s Infrastructure and Energy Department, together with the Paris-Orly management teams, are setting up a dedicated baggage handling area. Located near the former Orly 4 cargo area, this building, which consists of the construction of a temporary covered metal structure with a surface area of over 3,000 sq.m, will be entirely dedicated to the handling of outsize and oversized baggage for departing athletes. The day before their departure, they will check in their bulky equipment directly at the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, from where it will be taken by lorry to the baggage sorting area to be processed and stored before their flight. “At the end of the Paralympic Games period, the structure will be dismantled and, in the interests of a circular economy, most of the components will be reused, especially the baggage sorting equipment, the operating bungalows and the metal frame” , explains Tangui Schor, graduate at ECP.

MORE SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS USED ON
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE’S SERVICE ROADS

Nicolas Corniquet, Manager of Infrastructure Assets and Investments within the Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airside Operations & Facilities Division, and his teams are conducting a number of innovative service road refurbishment projects at the airport, with a focus on reducing their environmental impact. Overall, nearly 45,000 sq.m will be refurbished as part of this process, which covers 10.5 km of the airport's 74 km of service roads. Recycling is an important part of the project. The new road surface is made with 40% recycled aggregate and 50% of the binder used is “biosourced”, meaning it is derived from paper mill waste. It is an excellent substitute for traditional bitumen of fossil origin. The use of these aggregates and binders has generated a saving of more than 30% in tonnes of CO2 equivalent across all worksites. All of these projects will ultimately be subject to rigorous analysis and monitoring by the Laboratory on the resistance of the materials over time, so as to identify the best innovations and perfect the durability of the infrastructure.

AUTONOMOUS TRACTOR TRIALLED AT PARIS-LE BOURGET

Agbot is the name of the self-driving tractor being tested landside at Paris-Le Bourget, to the north of the airport, at the initiative of Patrick Barros, Infrastructure Maintenance Manager, and Vincent Roucard. This automated vehicle would be capable of carrying out maintenance work on the airport’s grasslands 24 hours a day, as well as looking after the fence posts and treating service roads during the winter. The tractor is compatible with the mowing tools used by Paris-Le Bourget and, configured using a tablet or computer, carries out its tasks using GPS self-steering combined with a series of sensors. The next phase of tests will be carried out airside.

A FUTURE SOLAR FARM AT QUEEN ALIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN JORDAN

At the beginning of December, Airport International Group (AIG), the operator of Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, inaugurated the laying of the foundation stone for a photovoltaic solar farm. The event was attended by the Jordanian Minister of Transport, airport authorities and the Kawar Group, the project promoter. The solar farm, which will cover an area of approximately 65,000 sq.m, is expected to produce 10.5 GWh of electricity by the third quarter of 2024, representing more than 24.5% of the airport's operational energy needs which is enough to power over 3,000 homes. What's more, its implementation will reduce CO2 emissions by around 12,000 tonnes a year. Fernando Echegaray, Chairman of AIG, said “Today, we're not just laying milestones; we're breaking barriers and setting an example for the whole region, demonstrating that airports can be at the forefront of environmentally friendly aviation.”

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