Economics, Taxes

How the Aviation Industry is Taxed

July 8, 18.00 Central European Time A webinar on how the aviation industry is taxed. It pays no tax on aviation fuel and some airports and airlines receive subsidies. But it does pay taxes and charges. Professor Dr. Friedrich Thiessen will discuss these issues based on a major recent report he wrote.

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Noise

Aircraft Noise in Europe

On April 16 Eulalia Peris, a key environmental noise expert and author of the European Environment Agency Noise Report talked about the report. Over 20% of Europeans — more than one in five — are exposed to harmful transport noise levels. When measured against stricter World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, this figure rises to over […]

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Actions, Fact Finding

New report on air and rail fares

A new report from Greenpeace Europe has found that of the 109 cross-border routes analysed only 39%  were cheaper by train – In contrast, the results for the 33 domestic routes analysed were 70% being cheaper by train. You can read the full report here: https://greenpeace.at/uploads/2025/08/greenpeace-analysis-flight-vs-trains-2025.pdf

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Noise

Airspace Changes – Update

16
Jul

Across the world airspace is being modernised. Many flight paths may change. And narrow, concentrated flight paths, known as PBN, are introduced. In 2021 we already explored the impacts on local communities and asked what can be done to ensure communities can gain some benefits from the changes (Webinar No 3). Now, four year later, […]

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Uncategorised

Good Operational Practice

11
Jun

‘If some airports can operate more quietly, why can’t they all?’ On July 15 we had a structured discussion on best practices to fight aircraft noise and pollution. Measures that affect noise under flight paths How steeply planes land & take off Whether they use Continuous Descent Approach Where planes drop their landing gear Whether […]

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