Belgium’s €25 million penalty price tag for aircraft noise around Brussels Airport
In recent years, the Belgian Federal Government paid €25 million in penalties for noise pollution caused by air traffic around Brussels Airport, Belgium. After...
Belgian Minister of Mobility confirms Ryanair strategy to avoid paying Brussels Region noise fines
The Ryanair pilots almost always take off from the threshold of runway 25R, said Minister of Mobility François Bellot in response to a parliamentary...
Brussels Airport Mediator makes five proposals for reducing noise around the airport
The Mediation Service for the national airport recently presented to Minister of Mobility François Bellot five concrete proposals for a "sustainable airport", making a...
The Belgian Federal Ombudsman for Air Transport decides to carry out himself the Brussels Airport noise register mandated by the Government 20 years ago
50 years of flying and going around in circles in the case of nuisances around Brussels-National, the Mediator himself carries out the famous noise...
Brussels Airport regrets the approach by Minister of Transport, who wants a curfew on night flights
Brussels Airport is an essential gateway to the world for citizens, businesses, and countless institutions. The airport is the second growth engine in Belgium,...
Airlines that violated the Brussels Region noise standards have been sued and that’s a first
For the first time three airlines that violated the Brussels region noise standards have been sued, they risk to pay fines between €12,000 and...
Air Cargo Global has returned to Brussels Airport, despite the possible noise fines
Since two weeks Air Cargo Global, the Slovakian cargo carrier that left Brussels Airport six months ago, is operating bi-weekly flights again from Zaventem. Newspaper...
No solution for the Brussels Airport noise issues before 2019
At the start of 2017 Minister of Mobility François Bellot (MR) wanted to force a breakthrough in the discussion on aircraft noise over the Brussels...
Belgian State has to pay millions to residents in the vicinity of Runway 01/19 of Brussels Airport
On 22 October, the Brussels Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of more than 300 residents living in the so-called Oostrand, the vicinity...
Satellite guidance for landings over Brussels is suspended at Brussels Airport, one municipality reacts negatively
In general, landings at Brussels Airport are most often on runways 25L and 25R, with an approach over Flanders. In less frequent wind conditions,...
Brussels Airport’s ombudsman assesses the runway renovation works completed this summer
The renovation work on the main Brussels Airport runway 25R has just been completed: air traffic can resume normally through the usual corridors. The...
Ryanair’s strategy to avoid paying noise fines in Brussels
According to an article published today in newspaper La Libre Belgique, which could read internal memos of the airline, Ryanair has put in place...
150 to court against Brussels Airport torture
At least 150 inhabitants of the region of Brussels went to court against what they call Brussels Airport "torture"
Hundred fifty inhabitants, living near Brussels...
Brussels Airport Ombudsman issues the split between day and night flights in 2020 at the airport
The Belgian Federal Government's Mediation Service for Brussels-National Airport presents the official traffic figures at Brussels-National for the year 2020; this data comes from...
Eleven municipalities in the Province of Flemish Brabant went to court to force a breakthrough in new aviation law
While Minister of Mobility François Bellot (MR) is waiting for a study by "an international agency for research", eleven municipalities in the Province of...
Proposed night flight ban at Brussels airport should be scrapped, says IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) emphasised its opposition to a proposed ban on night flights at Brussels Zaventem airport. The proposal is premature...
Thomas Cook Airlines threatens to leave Brussels Airport
Spokesman Koen van den Bosch told Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad today that Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium considers leaving Brussels Airport. Reason for the drastic move is...
Belgian Mobility Minister announces tougher noise standards at Brussels Airport
Mobility Minister Georges Gilkinet intends to subject Brussels Airport to stricter noise standards in order for airlines to modernise their fleets more quickly, according...
Brussels Region keeps on imposing fines, but doesn’t collect them
The Brussels Region keeps on imposing fines to airlines taking off from Brussels Airport, despite the second conflict of interest launched by Flanders. The...
Brussels Region noise regulation: airlines may face fines of up to €682,000 on day one
Tonight from 00:00 till 7:00 (and from 23:00 till 7:00 on the following days), the Brussels region will fine overflying aircraft exceeding the nighttime noise...