Category Archives: Actions

Aviation Noise Impact Management

Technologies, Regulations, and Societal Well-being in Europe Editors: (view affiliations) Laurent Leylekian, Alexandra Covrig & Alena Maximova This open access book Aviation Noise Impact Management provides a view into the state-of-the-art research on aviation noise and related annoyance. The book will primarily focus on the achievements of the ANIMA project (Aviation Noise Impact Management through […]

Climate activists blocked truck access to DHL freight airport

July 9, 2021, Schkeuditz. Climate justice activists blocked truck access to the German DHL freight airport Leipzig/Halle for two hours on the night of Friday 9 to Saturday 10 July. They were arrested by the police after a spontaneous demonstration around midnight and taken into custody. With the action, the activists oppose the expansion plans […]

German federal association calls for CO2 labels for air travel

Responsible use of our environment presupposes that people are informed about the important effects of their actions in advance of their decisions. This also applies to the choice of a means of transport, both for vacation and business trips. At the latest with the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on the specification of climate […]

UECNA Calls For A Night Ban On Drones And Flying Taxis

UECNA, which represents communities around many of Europe’s main airports, has said in its response (1) to an EU consultation on drones (2) that late evening and night flying would be unacceptable. Dominique Lazarski, the President of UECNCA, ‘We are not talking about small toy drones. These are machines which will be carrying freight and […]

Recognition for residents’ group at Athens airport

It is with great pleasure and a lot of pride that Environmental Harmony announce the Cerification of their management system with regard to Measurement and Recording of Aircraft Noise. Environmental Harmony thus becomes the first Greek resident’s association which is officially certified as capable of measuring and recording aircraft noise to the standard required by […]

Balanced approached, the French failure

After air pollution … Noise around the big airports, the other failure of the French state! 18 associations and collectives seized the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister to request the application of European legislation France does not respect EU regulation 598/2014, which came into force in 2016! This text requires Member States […]

Lazio authorizes the reduction of flights at Ciampino airport

  It will be the task of the Air Force Authorities to immediately announce the IATA World Conference on June 7, 2021 the new limit to 65 daily flights (landings+decolli) to enter into force as early as October 31, 2021. It’s great news for the thousands of inhabitants of Ciampino, Marino and Rome South, affected […]

Schiphol/KLM: smart international transport needed

The Dutch government wants to prevent home carrier KLM from going down due to the corona crisis. The transfer network at Schiphol must be saved in order to keep essential economic centers in the world accessible to top sectors in the Netherlands. At the same time, the Cabinet believes that sustainability and the environment must […]

Court: 3rd runway at Heathrow is illegal

Big news. The Court of Appeal – the second highest court in the land – ruled that, as it stands, Government policy on the proposed 3rd runway at Heathrow is illegal. This is because when drawing up the National Policy Statement on Airports, which is the official document used to give Heathrow permission to draw […]

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