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Barcelona Airport Struggle: Decades of building broad alliances

Flemish government becomes largest shareholder of Brussels Airport

Stop Noisy Night Flights At Brussels Airport

Dutch brawl over airport noise sets tone for rest of Europe

Amsterdam supports residents for 100,000 fewer flights

‘Back’ from 500 to 478 thousand flights at Schiphol Airport

People Can Be Disturbed By 51 Decibels

PFAS pollution at Schiphol may be much greater than assumed

Airport residents, the world of old is coming back!

Third attempt to build Heathrow Third Runway

Useful Stats in European Aviation Environmental Report 2025

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

Millions exposed to aircraft noise across Europe

Schiphol, KLM, Transavia and the Dutch state are being sued for assault

Radical new aircraft threatens hubs

Frequent Flyers Levy could raise 64 billion euros

Action to call for more night trains

New report compares tax on planes and cars

Trains can be cheaper

Airlines must monitor vapour trails under new EU climate rules

Too many flights over our homes

A revolt against night flights

International Day of Action against Night Flights

Schiphol must surrender undeserved flights

Brussels environment agency sues airlines on account of noise pollution

Amsterdam becomes ‘activist shareholder’ of Schiphol

The Health Impact Of Aircraft Noise And Pollutant Emissions In The Vicinity Of Brussels Airport

Back-on-Track for night trains

Local residents of Schiphol after court ruling: ‘Finally recognition’

Citizens from all over Europe are uniting in a call to limit air traffic

Aviation is a Health Issue

UECNA at the table in Brussels to advocate flight reduction for Schiphol

Ile-de-France airports soon to be forced to limit the number of flights?

They Moved Away From Airports, but Airplane Roar Followed Them To Long Island

Back to pre-Covid levels…

PFAS scandal at Schiphol is expanding: poison was not only in fire-fighting foam

UK: Train faster than plane

Aviation Tax Breaks

Negotiating a ban on night flights

Additional source of ultrafine dust identified

‘No further expansion of freight airport Leipzig/Halle’

Climate activists target private jets at Schiphol airport

EU takes good note of UECNA letter concerning noise pollution

Schiphol slashes passenger numbers by 18% until end October

16-Point program to reduce flight movements

Local residents of Schiphol are taking the Dutch State to court

Schiphol Airport forced to reduce number of flights

‘Dutch minister lies about cancer-causing emissions from aviation’

How To Introduce Performance Based Navigation

Citizens protests led to changed schedule of take-off and landing

Cutting aviation emissions while boosting employment

Aviation Noise Impact Management

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

Eurocontrol produces ‘Think Paper’ on aviation

Dig For Victory!

More flights to the sun than in October 2019

Italy’s high-speed trains helped kill Alitalia

Trains or planes not ‘good or bad’, but ‘different’

Noise destroys health more than air pollution

Climate activists blocked truck access to DHL freight airport

German federal association calls for CO2 labels for air travel

UECNA Calls For A Night Ban On Drones And Flying Taxis

Can graphene-based material reduce aircraft noise?

Germany: DB and air traffic agree on action plan for cooperation and climate protection

Airplane noise survey in the US shows an underestimation of calculated nuisance

Recognition for residents’ group at Athens airport

Air traffic and health protection in times of pandemic

Balanced approached, the French failure

Lazio authorizes the reduction of flights at Ciampino airport

France to scrap ‘obsolete’ Paris airport expansion

Flight paths are changing

Health risks caused by environmental noise

Support for airlines is bottomless pit

33 NGOs call for reduction impact of air transport

Video: The Elephant in the Room

The impact of COVID-19 on aviation

Belgium must pay residents near airport

Plea for permanent residents’ participation in aviation

Smart transport package saves 9 million tons of CO2

USA for looser standards for LTO of supersonic aircraft

WHO guidelines must compel aviation to shrink

State aid to KLM flows to oil traders and Irish tax haven

Schiphol/KLM: smart international transport needed

Russian citizens ask UECNA for help

Court: 3rd runway at Heathrow is illegal

Short-term exposure to ufp increases risk of cardiac arrest

Will Boris build a third runway at Heathrow?

Narrow, concentrated flight paths coming our way…

Protestival weekend at Schiphol Airport

Don’t trust official data

Researchers are testing quieter approaches to Zurich

Stop Stansted Expansion

Schiphol serves the public interest by de-hubbing

Genevois voted for democratic control of their airport

Action ‘Germany grounded’

UK committee: aviation growth needs to almost halve

A cheap airline ticket doesn’t fall from the sky

Activists blocked fuel train to challenge airport expansion

‘Climate-damaging air traffic steals its responsibility’

Plans Schiphol for 40,000 extra flights: angry reaction

Proof: ultra-fine particles from aircraft affect health

Our sustainable future must start now

Shame of flying

Vienna is waiting for the third runway

Making aviation more sustainable: a 12 point plan

Dutch MPs call for fewer night flights, some back total ban

Netherlands to push EU-wide airline tax in Brussels

The imminent return of the supersonics

Multiple flight routes to give residents respite

Talks to reach broad deal on Schiphol growth failed

A Radical New Plan for Aviation

Just published: European Aviation Environmental Report

Serious Air Pollution at Trudeau Airport

ExPlane is the app to register aviation noise

Here’s how to green ticket taxes for flights

UECNA and T&E connected with EASA

EU Commission has doubts about ICAO’s CO2 reduction

50 Years fighting aircraft noise

More people suffer aircraft noise than expected

Are people getting more annoyed by aircraft?

Successful 50th anniversary meeting

Radically cleaner air travel possible but…

Call for effective consultation on climate issues

WHO: 45 dB Lden and 40 dB Lnight are max.

IPCC: rough end to dreams that it’s not that bad

Complaining about aircraft noise with a button

Greek authorities ignore environmental routes

No penalties for violation FRA night flight ban

Dutch demonstrations against aviation lobby

Faster trains ensure fewer aircraft

Twelve European countries oppose ICAO

Dutch residents organisations join forces

Policies on mainports and ‘primal’ feelings

Heathrow invests in noise monitoring equipment

Limits on carbon emissions risk for airlines

Claim for carbon neutral aviation in 2030

Canadians start legal fight against aircraft noise

Exorbitantly high fine dust readings near FRA

‘Dutch cabinet should stop growth of Schiphol’

Residents of Gavà protest against growth El Prat

UECNA comes closer to ICAO

Europe railway map with travel times

German parliamentary task force on aircraft noise

25 Bn for Europe with aviation taxes

Violations of night-flight restrictions Frankfurt

La Pollution Atmosphérique par les Avions

Lelystad Airport: citizens insist on postponement – and succeed!

‘For a song down the tubes’

Noise is defined as ‘Unwanted Sound’

‘Ration on climate unfriendly products’

‘And if we introduced a tax on kerosine?’

Heathrow consultation: beware of tacit agreement

Aviation-related impacts on UFP near airports

Noise tax in Northwest Italy

Loud Noise linked to Heart Disease

Aircraft Noise and the Heart

Would a steeper descent help to reduce noise?

Nearly 500 tons of fuel dumped over Germany

A circular runway?

Dutch government under pressure

The Illusion of Green Flying

‘Aviation mafia in the Netherlands’

Flying is too cheap…

Airbus able to downgrade EU rules

Aviation will burn through world’s CO2 budget

New residents around Schiphol are silenced

France is blocking environment policy

‘Being Schipholed’

Biofuels no solution for aviation sustainability

Good aviation news from EU Parliament

Milestones & Celebrations…

Mainz’ claim failed, aircraft noise goes on

Important decision on Heathrow awaited

Eurocontrol presents alarming figures

How aircraft noise disturbs your life

Justice orders the end of flights over Brussels

Germany wants more protection against aircraft noise

Close Berlin Tegel – avert noise and dangers

T+E and UECNA together against emissions

Residents’ claims for Bundestag elections

CPH now prize winning against air pollution

Study about pollution in airports still worrying

Day Against Aircraft Noise in Germany

Safety on the ground at stake

Warning against noise pollution declared legal

Active group in Rhein-Pfalz area

Health research UFP Schiphol

French State sued for failure to comply with END

AirportWatch bulletin – February 2017

UECNA speaks at Noise Conference

Pollution – A warning from the European Commission

Climate change impact stops Vienna airport expansion

France is re-thinking its airports network

Petition against growth of Schiphol Airport

EU doubts about COP21 CO2 rules

Frankfurt : 200th demonstration of the citizen on January 30, 2017

The dark side of air transport

The elephants in the room

A Petition to Include Air Transport in the COP 21

Transport white paper – midterm assessment

Our success in fighting against aircraft nuisance

AirportWatch October 2015 News Bulletin

AirportWatch Europe

European Commission : Consultation on the aviation package

European Commission : Consultation on the mid-term review of the 2011 White Paper on transport

2015 Annual General Meeting

UK – AirportWatch Europe

LERCHENBERG DECLARATION

Health impacts of living under the noisy Heathrow flight path

Threatening the existence of regional airports will not solve the problem of low-cost airlines

Transport & Environment Seminar on Monday 16 September 2013

Marching in Germany Against Airport Expansion

Some Dutch dark humour

250th Monday demonstration in Frankfurt

€3.4 billion Covid support to KLM was illegal state aid

Study on Airport Noise Reduction

Health, climate: three associations take Beauvais airport to court