Europe 1 with AFP 12:12 p.m., July 01, 2022

Residents of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport as well as environmental defense associations called on Friday for a cap on the number of annual flights.

A request which follows the announcement of an identical measure at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport in the Netherlands.

Towards a limit on the number of flights at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle?

In any case, this is the request made by residents of the largest French airport, located north of Paris.

This complaint comes just after the announcement of a similar measure at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. 

On June 24, the Dutch government set the maximum number of flights per year at Schiphol at 440,000, compared to 500,000 before the Covid-19 pandemic, wanting to tackle “noise pollution as a priority”, while recognizing “a message difficult for the aviation sector".

Residents of the region around Schiphol, a densely populated area, have regularly complained about noise pollution from the airport, and expressed concerns about the effects of aviation on their health, nature and climate.

Reduce CO2 emissions

A theme that finds an echo around Roissy, in the north-east of Ile-de-France: associations for the defense of the environment and residents of the facilities "are delighted with this responsible decision, beneficial for the overflown populations of the Amsterdam region as well as for the climate", they indicate in a press release.

"What is possible at Amsterdam-Schiphol is also possible at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle!", They assure.

The French airport, according to them, "welcomed in 2019 around 500,000 aircraft movements, the equivalent of Schiphol. We ask that a political decision be taken so that traffic is limited to 440,000 flights per year in the short term. , then that a reduction in the number of movements be initiated in order to protect the health of Ile-de-France residents".

In addition, pleaded the associations, this limitation would "also constitute one of the truly effective and essential measures to enable the aviation sector to reduce its CO2 emissions in order to respect the emission reduction curve set within the framework of the National Low carbon from France".

Among the signatories of the press release are the Association for the Defense against Air Pollution (Advocnar), and the local branches of France Nature Environnement and Greenpeace.

Slot limitations at Orly

If Orly, south of Paris, is subject to a limitation of airport slots (250,000 movements per year), this is not the case for Roissy.

In its annual report at the beginning of June, the Independent Authority responsible for controlling airport nuisances (Acnusa) noted better compliance with environmental rules (noise and air pollution) by major airlines in 2021.

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But concerning Roissy, she had also called for "very great vigilance" vis-à-vis the foreseeable increase in traffic, in particular at night, after the Covid health crisis.