Category Archives: Key Issues

Pollution

Additional source of ultra fine dust identified

Posted on by Admin3342
07
Mar

Hessenschau, 9/01/2023 It has been known for years that air traffic at Frankfurt Airport produces large quantities of harmful ultra fine dust. Researchers have now proven that these are not only caused by the combustion of kerosene, but also by lubricating oils. Researchers at Frankfurt’s Goethe University have demonstrated that ultra-fine dust particles are produced […]

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Climate, Stop Runways

‘No further expansion of freight airport Leipzig/Halle’

Posted on by Admin3342
01
Feb

German petition The planned expansion of the DHL cargo flight center at Leipzig-Halle Airport is expected to lead to an increase in CO2 emissions from the current approx. 6.2 million tons to approx. 10 million tons. Citizens’ initiative ‘Against the new flight route’ protests against this and refers to situations at other European airports. This […]

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Balanced Approach, Noise & Health, Politics

EU takes good note of UECNA letter concerning noise pollution

Posted on by Admin3342
25
Oct

The 27th of August 2022 UECNA submitted a letter to the respective cabinets of Mrs Adina Vălean, Commissioner for Transport, and Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, and to the Directors-General of the Mobility and Transport and of the Environment Directorates-General of the Commission concerning what we consider to be necessary improvements […]

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Capping flights

Schiphol slashes passenger numbers by 18% until end October

Posted on by Admin3342
16
Sep

In the period from mid-September to the end of October, Schiphol will reduce the number of passengers by almost ten thousand a day, because security companies ‘deliver fewer security officers than previously promised’, according to the airport. This news comes a day after airport CEO Dick Benschop resigned in order not to hinder his bosses […]

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Actions, Campaigning, Emissions, Noise & Health, Politics, Stop Pollution, Your action

16-Point program to reduce flight movements

Posted on by Admin3342
16
Aug

The German Federal Association against Aircraft Noise (BVf) has a 16-point program to flight movements. Demands on future air traffic. Since the restrictions applied during the corona pandemic were lifted or relaxed, air traffic has been trying to return to the growth path it pursued until 2019. The number of flight movements and passengers is […]

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Capping flights, Let's cap aviation, Night Flight Ban, Night flights, Noise & Health, See you in Court

Local residents of Schiphol are taking the Dutch State to court

Posted on by Admin3342
14
Jul

The residents, represented by the Right to Protection against Aircraft Nuisance (RBV), demand that the minister put an end to the serious nuisance and sleep disturbance caused by air traffic at Schiphol Airport. More than 200,000 local residents are seriously disturbed by aircraft noise every day. And more than 23,000 people are disturbed in their […]

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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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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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Climate, Economics, Taxes

Aviation industry in UK will only pay for 16% of their climate damage

Posted on by Admin3342
28
Jan

In allowing airports around the country to expand, the government is letting the aviation industry off the hook for £62bn of damage to the climate, analysis out today from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) finds. The analysis calculates that the aviation industry will only pay for 16% of the emissions clean-up costs of the eight […]

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