Colloquium on Environmental Aspects of Aviation

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Colloquium on Environmental Aspects of Aviation
A European Perspective on Noise   Ingemar
Skogö  
April 9-11, 2001
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Colloquium on Environmental Aspects of Aviation
Structure     Environmental context in
Europe Current policy and impact at our
airports Challenge for the future
Way forward    
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Colloquium on Environmental Aspects of Aviation
Environmental context in Europe       
Population density  Demands for air traffic
and environmental protection  Sustainable
development of transport  Action to tackle
noise from all modes  Measures on aircraft
noise  
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• Current policy and impact at our airports 1
•  ECAC goal stabilise or reduce numbers of
  people affected by
• noise
•  Measures from the balanced programme already
  used
• - follow ICAO standards
• - noise abatement procedures widely applied
• - land-use planning measures highly developed
• - led to successfully negotiating agreement for
  Chapter 2 operating restrictions, and
  European industry has invested wisely in
  its future to deliver benefits
•  Charging to provide additional incentives
  with common European framework
  developed, based on certification data

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• Current policy and impact at our airports 2
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•  Achieved major reductions in size of noise
  contours and number of people affected
• Further improvements expected through to 2002
•  But growth in numbers of flights and number
  of passengers already difficult to
  accommodate
•  Continuing demand for maintaining and improving
  environmental
  standards

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Challenge for the future 1  Demand set to
grow at 4 per annum  Constraints to
growth study (2001) confirms critical
position over airport capacity
 Benefits of Chapter 2 phase-out likely to be
heavily eroded  
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Challenge for the future 3    Noise, a key
issue in developing new
infrastructure  High costs and strong
opposition from local
populations  Development depends on
continuing progress on noise  Implicatio
ns for all carriers
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Way forward 1    The challenge after 2002 -
welcome CAEP/5
recommendation, but it will not even
stabilise the position at major
airports
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Way forward 2 Where ICAO can help
now    Action to tackle growth of contours
now - need operating restrictions against
marginal Chapter 3 aircraft -
harmonised arrangements preferred and -
alternative of proliferation of local rules would
be unwelcome to all. Need to
strengthen the influence of standards on
design - recognise these will be longer term
benefits - but can our industry needs quiet
evolution and wait another 20-30 years for
change      
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• Conclusions
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•  A collective problem
•  Sustainability key to the development of
  aviation
•  Success of the industry demands continuing
  effort on noise
•  Europe ready to play its part through
  negotiations and technical work
•  ICAO has important potential contributions on
  standards and operating restrictions

April 9-11, 2001