Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport welcomes the Connecting Europe Days
Adina-Iona Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport, and Nicolas Notebaert, CEO of VINCI Concessions and President of VINCI Airports, today kicked off the Connecting Europe Days at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, one of the three centers of excellence in the VINCI Airports network.
Adina-Iona Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport, and Nicolas Notebaert, CEO of VINCI Concessions and President of VINCI Airports, today kicked off the Connecting Europe Days at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, one of the three centers of excellence in the VINCI Airports network.
The event was held in the presence of Henrik Hololei, Director General in charge of mobility and transport at the European Commission, Véronique Martin, Deputy Director of Sustainable Development at the DGAC (French civil aviation authority) and several hundred transportation stakeholders including more than 20 European media.
VINCI Airports presented its environmental action plan and its implementation at Lyon-Saint Exupéry, which in 2026 will become the first Zero Net Emission commercial airport in France:
- Decarbonization of airport operations (scope 1 and 2) thanks notably to VINCI Airports’ vast photovoltaic program throughout its network, which will see the creation of one of the largest photovoltaic power plants in France (17 hectares) at Lyon airport.
- Contributing to the decarbonization of scope 3 through innovations such as eco-modulation of airport charges, the development of sustainable biofuels and investment in hydrogen, which VINCI Airports is developing in Lyon with Airbus and Air Liquide.
- Usefulness for the environmental transition of territories, in particular through a network of forest carbon sinks next to the airports, developed in Lyon notably with the ONF (French agency that manages the state forests, city forests and biological reserves).