Category Archives: Key Issues

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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Emissions, Health, Pollution

PFAS pollution at Schiphol may be much greater than assumed

Posted on by Admin3342
31
Mar

By SchipholWatch, March 28, 2025 The PFAS pollution by Schiphol is much greater than previously assumed. A toxic cocktail of carcinogenic substances ends up in the region around the airport, especially under the approach routes, via (partly burned) lubricating oils. This is evident from a new report by the Environmental Front Eijsden , which, based […]

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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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Climate, Noise, UECNA

Useful Stats in European Aviation Environmental Report 2025

Posted on by Admin3342
17
Jan

At 98 major European airports in 2023, 3.4 million exposed to Lden 55 dB aircraft noise levels (excl. UK & Heathrow). EASA estimates numbers will only fall if no new runways are built, planes become quieter & growth is moderate. The report also covers emissions and pollution. Executive Summary As expected, this decade is proving […]

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Noise & Health

Higher Aircraft Noise Exposure Is Linked to Worse Heart Structure and Function

Posted on by Admin3342
12
Jan

The Journal of the American College of Cardiology published an article titled Higher Aircraft Noise Exposure Is Linked to Worse Heart Structure and Function by Cardiovascular MRI. Aircraft noise is a growing concern for communities living near airports. This study aimed to explore the impact of aircraft noise on heart structure and function. Conclusion is […]

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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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