The Airports Council International has just published figures for the number of passengers using airports each year. The chart shows the busiest airports in Europe. At many airports numbers have almost returned to their pre-Covid levels. Residents are noticing! The noise and the number of flights over their heads has increased.
A publication of SchipholWatch The PFAS pollution at and around Schiphol is much more serious than previously thought. The poison appears not only to have been used in fire extinguishing foam, but also in a range of other products that were used at the airport. More and more soil appears to be contaminated. [...]
‘Majority’ of popular domestic air trips in the UK could be completed by train more quickly and cheaply, new report reveals. A new report from the UK’s leading transport NGO, Campaign for Better Transport, has revealed that the majority of the most popular domestic and near Europe flights can be completed more quickly [...]
Every hour European governments lose out on €4 million in aviation taxes, according to a new report published by Transport & Environment. Aviation pays no kerosene taxation, little to no ticket taxes or VAT and a carbon price on intra-European flights only. The report found that, if left unaddressed the aviation sector benefits from tax [...]
ARGE gegen Fluglärm (Citizens Working Group against Aircraft Noise) from Vienna is negotiating improvements to the 2-runway system, including a ban on night flights. In view of the sharp increase in aircraft movements since 2017 and the fact that the 3rd runway, although legally finally approved, will not come until 2030, but still unaware of […]
Hessenschau, 9/01/2023 It has been known for years that air traffic at Frankfurt Airport produces large quantities of harmful ultrafine 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 when […]
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. Leipzig/Halle [...]
Some 500 climate activists climbed the fence of Schiphol on Saturday 5 November and held sit-ins in the area where private jets take off and land, in an attempt to land them. The protesters used ladders to break through the airport security fence, and some brought bicycles that they used to move around the grounds. […]
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 [...]
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 […]