The world's first fully electric refuelling vehicle in the 40 m³ category has been put into operation at Stuttgart Airport by Skytanking, one of the leading refueling service providers in the aviation industry. This is the first time that ground operations can be carried out exclusively with ele...

Aebi Schmidt Group and Stuttgart Airport presented on Wednesday on the apron, what the future of winter maintenance could look like with autonomously operating vehicles and equipment. The system tested at Stuttgart Airport is the first to function fully integrated. The jet sweepers equipped wi...

The climate goals of Stuttgart Airport are extremely ambitious and were adjusted in 2021 resulting in a goal to have CO2 neutral operations in the state airport already by 2040 - ten years earlier than originally planned. The airport has successfully tested the new sustainable Elephant e-BETA air...

The first real-life trials of an autonomous baggage tug at a German airport have begun at Stuttgart Airport. At the current stage of the SmartFleet project, the new development from VOLK Fahrzeugbau GmbH can already drive certain routes on the apron independently. In Stuttgart, functions such as ...

The partial renewal of the runway at Stuttgart Airport can begin earlier than planned. From Monday, 06/04/2020 to Wednesday, 22/04/2020, a section of the concrete pavement will be renewed. There will be no flight operations during this phase. Flights such as cargo flights with medical goods or resc...

Stuttgart Airport’s electric fleet is growing: Four cargo tugs equipped with lithium-ion batteries have recently started transporting cargo to and from the planes. More than 36,000 tons of airmail and air freight are handled in Stuttgart per year. The new electric vehicles from Goldhofer repl...

Stuttgart Airport has announced new charges for take-off and landing that come into effect today, which actively encourage the use of electric aircraft and alternative fuels. The new regulations will allow any aircraft powered with electric motors to land free of charge at the airport, which wil...

New charges for take-off and landing come into effect on 1 July 2019 at Stuttgart Airport and the airport said the new regulations actively encourage the expansion of route networks and innovative technology, such as electric drive or electricity-based fuels. The gateway added that support airli...

German gateway Stuttgart Airport has up to 400 daily flight movements. The German Air Traffic Control (DFS) monitors aircraft on their way, on arrival and departure and air traffic controllers route the pilots on precisely defined air tracks. On peak days, they guide more than 11,000 flights t...

German gateway Stuttgart Airport has completed an overhaul of its bus fleet ferrying passengers to flights and now has a fully electric fleet of 16 vehicles. The airport said: "The first bus of its kind came into operation on the apron in 2013. Until now the airport gradually electrified its flee...