Within the Austrian Aeronautics Research and Technology Programme TAKE OFF studies are financed as supporting measures. These studies aim at the implementation of the national Aeronautics Strategy for Research, Technology and Innovation, which has been launched by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Technology and Innovation in 2007.
The research project AIRCLIP focuses on potential international Best Practices related to land-based activities introduced at airports (including all possible airside and landside activities) which reduce the airport's environmental impact in terms of carbon dioxyd (CO2) emissions. The project consists of an online survey/questionnaire, the quantitative and qualitative description of best practices and concludes with recommendations that could be applied to the operations of Vienna International Airport (VIE) as well as to other airports in Austria. Through such measures, the main goal of AIRCLIP is to help VIE and other Austrian airports become more environmentally friendly in terms of CO2 emissions.