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Covid-19, A Tsunami Or A Rogue Wave?
Posted 25/03/2020
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The carbon burden is growing. Air travel needs to change.
Posted 27/02/2020
It’s no surprise that the air travel industry is currently one of the world’s biggest polluters. For context, the sector’s direct emissions now account for more than 2% of the world’s total. That figure swells to 3% within the EU. If aviation ranked as a country, it would fall in the top 10 biggest emitters globally[1]. However we spin it, this...
Paying for Reliability
Posted 27/02/2020
Tolling roads has often been predicated on the reduced travel time they offer to users. There is a certain willingness to pay for a shorter journey...
2020 ushers in a new Space Race, and this time it’s private
Posted 27/01/2020
It’s now more than fifty years since man’s first landing on the moon. While the past five decades have seen a wealth of innovation and scientific...
On or off the balance sheet? The EPEC pushes for clarity on PPPs
Posted 27/01/2020
There’s no avoiding it: building good infrastructure costs money. Whatever value such projects can – and do – provide in the long run, governments...
Infrata expands team
Posted 09/01/2020
Infrata are pleased to welcome former Atkins PPP advisory director Ian Paterson as its new technical director in the London office.
Colombia adapts: A new approach to infrastructure post-La Niña
Posted 19/12/2019
It’s not often we see a watershed moment in infrastructure. But that’s precisely what happened in Colombia in 2010-11. A natural phenomenon known as...
The Equator Principles: Time to Take Stock
Posted 19/12/2019
Back in 2003, the World Bank launched a new risk management framework called the Equator Principles. The Principles comprised a set of voluntary...
Musk's Hyperloop: Masterstroke or Fantasy?
Posted 26/11/2019
Planes, trains, automobiles, and boats – the four conventional pillars of travel. But what if there were a fifth? In 2013, Elon Musk revealed his...
When Risk Brings Reward: Africa's Highway of the Future
Posted 25/11/2019
Ten years ago, investing in African highways seemed a daunting prospect, carrying high levels of risk. Never faint-hearted, the French civil...
So narrow, so far: how long distance point-to-point travel is...
Posted 08/10/2019
Think of long-haul flights, and you’ll probably conjure images of large, wide-body aircraft. Grand-scale transport for grand-scale travel. Due...
Airport Traffic Forecasting
Posted 04/10/2019
Reliable forecasts are the basis for anyone creating a business or development plan for an airport. Infrata’s forecasting process has been extensively tested and scrutinised by clients’ investment and credit committees.
TNCs are changing surface access, so what next?
Posted 04/10/2019
Over the last five years, TNCs (transportation network companies) such as Uber and Lyft have disrupted airport transport on the ground. And the trend...
Autopista al Mar 2 project in Colombia
Posted 06/08/2019
Autopista al Mar 2 project in Colombia reaches financial close.