Category Archives: Actions

Capping flights, Let's cap aviation

Schiphol/KLM: smart international transport needed

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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 […]

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Campaigning, Politics, See you in Court, Stop Runways

Court: 3rd runway at Heathrow is illegal

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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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Campaigning, Climate, Pollution

Protestival weekend at Schiphol Airport

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Many local action groups joined Greenpeace NL in organizing a well prepared mass-action. Everybody signed petitions, joined climate marches and went on strike for the climate. Now it’s time to take action together. On 14 & 15 December everyone can join the Protestival at Schiphol! Why Schiphol? Because this is the largest tax-free gas station […]

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Actions, Campaigning, Politics, Your action

Don’t trust official data

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Lelystad Airport is having problems getting a nature permit in order. An application was rejected because the nitrogen calculations of the airport were incorrect. Engineer Adegeest discovered major errors in the environmental report of Lelystad Airport: ‘It is pure fraud’. He is personally responsible for the mandatory environmental report of Lelystad Airport being thrown in […]

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Noise Measurement

Researchers are testing quieter approaches to Zurich

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04
Dec

Researchers are testing quieter approaches at Zurich Airport. The noise is to be reduced with a new assistance system by up to a quarter, as the scientists reported on Tuesday. The software makes specifications as to when the aircraft should sink or when the landing gear should be extended. Dispute over aircraft noise has been […]

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Actions, Capping flights, Hubs, Politics, Your action

Schiphol serves the public interest by de-hubbing

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On 26 November, we, a delegation of Amsterdam citizens groups presented their research report Aviation out of balance to the Commission of Infrastructure and Water Management of the House of Representatives in a petition. The conclusion of the study is that Schiphol serves the public interest by de-hubbing the airport. This improves the quality of […]

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Night Flight Ban

No penalties for violation FRA night flight ban

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Although nightly takeoffs and landings are prohibited at Frankfurt Airport, there have been an increasing number of exceptions in recent months. That is why the demand for an increase in landing charges is getting louder after 11 pm. In Hamburg, for example, airlines pay a surcharge of 550 percent to midnight, and then even 700 […]

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