Let’s cap aviation

On International Noise Awareness Day, in 2024 on April 26th, and during the two weeks following it, local communities have staged activities to call for a limit, a cap, on flight numbers art airports. It was an initiative of UECNA. Below are some of the photographs and videos we have received.

Here are the reasons we were doing it:

• Aviation has yet to reduce its impact on communities living near airports (and on the climate). Noise and air pollution significantly harm people’s health and there are few signs of meaningful reductions.
• There are signs the aviation industry will reduce its climate impact on the planet by 2050 through the introduction of new technology and sustainable fuels but this is not the case with local pollutants. There cannot be unlimited growth while these problems remain. Growth must be limited.  At least until a solution is found for all forms of pollution. We, citizens, cannot suffer more noise and more toxic air
• Caps must be put at all airports to limit aircraft movements, to limit air pollution, to limit noise pollution, to limit climate impact.

Requesting caps at airports

All sorts of caps : limitation of movements, limitation of emissions of green house gas, limitation of air toxic pollutants, limitation of noise. Requesting a reduction of night flights or night flight bans, the renewal of fleets and exclusion of the noisiest aircraft.