Category Archives: Actions

Capping flights, Let's cap aviation, Politics

Dutch brawl over airport noise sets tone for rest of Europe

Posted on by Admin3342
09
Jun

The Dutch government is moving to limit flights at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, but that’s angering activists ánd the aviation industry. Enraged neighbours want the noise cut. Airlines and the city want it to remain a crucial hub. The fight has entangled the central government, Amsterdam’s city administration, the courts, local activists, airlines and business groups, the […]

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Campaigning, Capping flights, Hubs, Let's cap aviation, Politics

Amsterdam supports residents for 100,000 fewer flights

Posted on by Admin3342
13
May

PVA, a Dutch action group, welcomes Position Paper for Schiphol shrinkage We are pleased that the municipality of Amsterdam considers the shrinkage of the airport inevitable in its Position Paper on Schiphol. The municipality acknowledges that the interests of local residents and employees have been ignored for too long. As a result, the municipality’s pursuit […]

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Balanced Approach, Capping flights, Let's cap aviation, Night flights

‘Back’ from 500 to 478 thousand flights at Schiphol Airport

Posted on by Admin3342
07
May

The Dutch government has taken – as they say – ‘an important next step to restore the legal position of residents around Schiphol and to also offer future prospects for the aviation sector. To this end, the government has taken one politically coherent decision to arrive at both a shortened amendment to the Airport Traffic […]

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Noise, Noise & Health, Noise Measurement, Weblog

People Can Be Disturbed By 51 Decibels

Posted on by Admin3342
13
Apr

Public inquiry accepts that people can be disturbed by 51 decibels as it rejects Gatwick Airport’s expansion plans. Last week the Public Inquiry inspectors rejected Gatwick Airport’s application for a second runway. One of the key reasons they gave was noise. Perhaps of most relevance to citizens at other European airports and beyond was the […]

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Capping flights, Economics, Let's cap aviation, Night Flight Ban, Night flights, Noise

Airport residents, the world of old is coming back!

Posted on by Admin3342
25
Feb

The citizen groups around Basel EURO AIRPORT are to find in France, Switzerland and Germany. This group below is located at the Southern part of the Black Forest area. BISF press release 02/25 In its press release for 2024, Euro airport focuses on economic development and its expansion plans. This is only at the expense of […]

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Campaigning, Capping flights, Climate, Emissions, Noise & Health, Stop Runways, Weblog, Your action

Third attempt to build Heathrow Third Runway

Posted on by Admin3342
04
Feb

Heathrow Airport will try for the third time to get permission to build a Third Runway. It is expected to submit an application in the summer after the Government said this week that it would support a new runway in principle. Plans for a third runway were first put forward in 2003. After one of […]

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Noise & Health, Noise Measurement, Weblog

Millions exposed to aircraft noise across Europe

Posted on by Admin3342
16
Dec

Millions of people across Europe are exposed to unhealthy levels of aircraft noise. The latest report from the European Environment Agency found 2.3 million people were exposed in 2022 (14.3 million if you use the lower levels of exposure recommended by the World Health Organisation in its 2018 Guidelines). This figure is lower than pre-Covid […]

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Noise, Politics, See you in Court, Stop Pollution

Schiphol, KLM, Transavia and the Dutch state are being sued for assault

Posted on by Admin3342
09
Dec

Residents of Schiphol are going to file a complaint of assault for years of sleep deprivation due to serious noise pollution. They believe that the sleep disturbance is an attack on the health of the victims. The case is also being filed against the Dutch state, as the largest shareholder of Schiphol, and against KLM […]

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Capping flights, Let's cap aviation, Weblog

Too many flights over our homes

Posted on by Admin3342
24
Sep

There are too many flights over our homes. That is the biggest problem for communities. And it is a persistent problem. The noise from the flights can be reduced by the use of less noisy planes and better operational practices. But, as the number of flights have grown in recent decades, the number of flights […]

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