GOVERNMENTS IMPOISING OVERLY TOUGH NATIONAL AIRPORT NOISE RULES MUST CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS – ECJ
August 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) member states are free to set airport ground level noise limits, but where such rules prevent airlines accessing a runway, other mitigation measures must be considered, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Judges said in such instances, conditions imposed by the EU airport noise directive 2002/30 kick in. That would mean airport noise regulators would also have to explore land-use planning and management and ground level noise abatement systems, as well as reducing the noisiness of planes and their operations. Noise ...
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