Category Archives: UECNA

Key Issues, Night flights, UECNA

New Night Flights Study Published

Posted on by John Stewart
15
Jun

Aviation Night Noise Effects (ANNE) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2693b856960b0542c0b153/anne-subjective-study-report.pdf A seminal new report on the impact of night noise for the UK Department for Transport by a team led by Professor Charlotte Clark was published last week. The study has two parts. Just the first part has been published. It was a large-scale survey carried out among residents […]

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Actions, Noise, Noise Measurement, UECNA

New report shows people get annoyed at lower levels of aircraft noise

Posted on by John Stewart
11
Jun

A major new report from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), published 10th June 2026, has found that people get annoyed at much lower noise levels than previously thought. It backs up what residents have been saying for years. For example, a previous CAA report called SoNA published 10 years ago  found that 10% of […]

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UECNA

Big Changes to Flight Paths on the Way

Posted on by John Stewart
18
May

Flight Paths are Changing A revolution is taking place in the way aircraft use airspace.  And it will have a lasting impact on local communities.  Flight paths are changing across the world but the change is much more fundamental than simply moving routes around.  New technology is enabling aircraft to be flown in a fundamentally new […]

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UECNA

European Committee of the Regions urges EU to be more vocal on noise

Posted on by John Stewart
10
May

The European Committee of the Regions say in a new report EU should be more vocal on noise pollution https://www.cor.europa.eu/en/news/eu-should-be-more-vocal-noise-pollution-local-and-regional-leaders-say In an opinion adopted on 7 May, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) argues that the Commission should consider revising the Environmental Noise Directive, introducing ambitious noise reduction requirements at EU level and aligning the […]

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Airports, UECNA

Hamburg Olympics 2040: Senate Concept Fails Stress Test

Posted on by Wouter Looman
27
Apr

The Senate’s mobility concept of March 16, 2026, does not stand up to reality. A recent stress test conducted by the Hamburg Airport Residents’ Association (Notgemeinschaft der Flughafenanlieger Hamburg e.V.) exposes the “Interregional Solution for Air Traffic” as practically unusable. AI-supported analyses now confirm the residents’ association’s 65 years of accumulated expertise: The planned handling […]

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