Mikko Viinikainen
Senior Adviser, Viinikainen Consulting
30+ years of expertise on
Airports | Aviation | Environment | Sustainability
Professional expertise
Finavia Corporation, Finland, 1992 – 2024, Vice President Sustainability & Environment. Finavia is an airport company running 20 airports.
- Main areas of expertise: carbon reporting and reduction, Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA), local air quality, hydrogen, ISO14001, sustainability strategy, aircraft noise.
National Air Traffic Services (NATS), London, 1997 – 1998, Project Manager of aircraft noise modelling development in the UK.
International co-operation
Airports Council International, European Region (ACI-E), Brussels 2018 – 2022, Vice Chair – Chair of the ACI Europe Environmental Strategy Committee (ENVSTRAT). Member since 1993.
ACI World (ACI/W) Environmental Standing Committee (WEnSC), member 2020 – 2024.
N-ALM, Nordic Working Group on Aviation and the Environment, member 1992 – 2024, chair 2005 – 2006.
Public presentations
A speaker in numerous international events e.g. ICAO Green Airports (Montreal), UNFCCC COP25 (Madrid), EASA Annual Safety Conference (Prague), EASA International Cooperation Forum (Montenegro), Business New Zealand (Wellington) and ACI-NA (Minneapolis). Many presentations to committees in the Finnish Parliament and in environmental seminars in Finland. Lecturer in ATCO training and on university courses.