Comparative Analysis of Airport Sustainability Implementation Between Soekarno Hatta International Airport and Schiphol International Airport

The complex activities that occur at the airport lead to several negative impacts, such as air pollution, noise, and high levels of water consumption. If these negative impacts are allowed to happen without any treatment then environmental degradation will be increasingly out of control. Airport sustainability is one of the concepts offered as a solution to overcome or minimize the environmental damage caused by activities that occur at the airport. Although its main focus is on environmental awareness, this concept basically covers three aspects; environmental, economic, and social. Soekarno Hatta International Airport is one of the airports in Indonesia that apply airport sustainability concept. Even though this concept has been implemented since 2009, its implementation has not been maximized so far. This is in contrast to the application of airport sustainability in Schiphol International Airport in the Netherlands that has achieved ACI Europe Best Airport Award. The aim of this study is to provide recommendations in what steps that can be taken by Soekarno Hatta International Airport to make improvements in the application of airport sustainability by comparing the existing application of airport sustainability between Soekarno Hatta International Airport and Schiphol International Airport. Comparisons were made using ten variables grouped into environmental, economic, and social aspects. Based on data collection and analysis conducted, Soekarno Hatta International Airport has to do some improvements as the results, namely fostering good relationship with stakeholders, establishing policies related to airport sustainability concept, and encouraging technology development on airport facilities.