The investigation of the applicability of green airport management system in Ataturk Airport

Airports sustainability policies affect the life quality of future generations. Airports should be an example and a leader in the environmental ethics transformation in the region which they belong. In this context, international and national airports sector, is directed to a more holistic sustainability approaches to ensure the integrity of buoyancy, operating efficiency, conservation of natural resources, viability and social responsibility of airports with all organizations. Within the scope of the incoming Green Airport Management projects for all over the world, it is aimed that the reduction and if it is possible elemination of environmental damage caused or can be caused by the organisations which operates in airports with a systematic way. In this context in the thesis study which is carried out to investigate the applicability of Green Airport Project for Ataturk Airport is based on TS EN ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard, TSE Sector Criteria Requirements and DGCA Directives. In the scope of this thesis, the applicability of green airport management in Ataturk Airport which is acknowledged as the largest airport of our country and one of the world's major airports were investigated.