The KLM Group has submitted a plan to the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management in response to government’s proposal to reduce noise impact by 20% throughout the day and by 15% at night.

The KLM Group embraces further noise abatement. The plan submitted by the KLM Group ensures that the night-time target will be achieved as early as 2024. In three years’ time, these measures will continue to reduce noise for local residents, but also in the years thereafter.

The Netherlands faces major challenges in the coming decades, which will require everyone to help make our country greener and cleaner. At the same time, we want to ensure quieter conditions for people living near airports. That is why the Dutch ministry has set new noise targets.

The minister’s plan focuses on drastically reducing the number of flights to achieve these targets as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this proposal also has many drawbacks. In its current form, the minister’s plan does not revolve around renewal and improvement. No distinction is drawn between newer and older aircraft, which are less clean and less silent. The plan also fails to consider that drastic cutbacks in flights will have an impact on national assets. – TradeArabia News Service