Category Archives: Actions

Capping flights, Emissions, Let's cap aviation, Stop Pollution

‘Dutch minister lies about cancer-causing emissions from aviation’

Posted on by Admin3342
10
May

Published by SchipholWatch on 9 May 2022 Recently, minister Mark Harbers (Infrastructure) has argued several times that the emission of carcinogenic substances from aircraft falls under the nondescript Aviation Act and not under stricter environmental legislation. That is an outright lie, according to SchipholWatch’s own research.

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Noise & Health, Noise Measurement

How To Introduce Performance Based Navigation

Posted on by Admin3342
05
May

Heathrow commissioned jointly with its Community Noise Forum a report about best practice in introducing Performance Based Navigation (PBN) routes. Consultants of Taylor Airey interviewed residents and community groups and have come up with a range of suggestions on community engagement, respite and much more. They also draw on examples (good and bad) from airports […]

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Campaigning

Citizens protests led to changed schedule of take-off and landing

Posted on by Admin3342
21
Mar

Sheremetyevo Airport changed take-off and landing patterns after massive complaints from citizens in the Moscow region about the ‘endless infernal air noise’. Representatives of the protesters called the decision ‘a victory for sanity’. The changes could lead to flight path adjustments at many other airports in Russia. The Federal Air Transport Agency assured that the […]

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Noise & Health, Noise Measurement

Aviation Noise Impact Management

Posted on by Admin3342
02
Feb

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 […]

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Campaigning, Climate, Your action

Climate activists blocked truck access to DHL freight airport

Posted on by Admin3342
10
Jul

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 […]

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Campaigning, Climate, Noise & Health, Your action

German federal association calls for CO2 labels for air travel

Posted on by Admin3342
08
Jul

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 […]

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Night Flight Ban, Night flights

UECNA Calls For A Night Ban On Drones And Flying Taxis

Posted on by Admin3342
06
Jul

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 […]

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Noise Measurement

Recognition for residents’ group at Athens airport

Posted on by Admin3342
06
Apr

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 […]

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Campaigning, Noise & Health, Politics, See you in Court

Balanced approached, the French failure

Posted on by Admin3342
26
Mar

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 […]

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Campaigning, Let's cap aviation, Noise, Politics, Your action

Lazio authorizes the reduction of flights at Ciampino airport

Posted on by Admin3342
19
Mar

  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 […]

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