Category Archives: Actions

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 […]

Protestival weekend at Schiphol Airport

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 […]

Don’t trust official data

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 […]

Researchers are testing quieter approaches to Zurich

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 […]

Schiphol serves the public interest by de-hubbing

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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