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The health implications of aviation noise are well documented and often represent a significant barrier to ambitions for growth of the sector, or for airport development. Legislation exists to help manage and mitigate the impacts of such noise, however the transposition of such regulations into European Member State law differs from state to state as does the efficacy of such measures. This paper presents the findings of a series of elite stakeholder interviews with aviation noise stakeholders to determine the efficacy of current noise management approaches, and to identify ways in which noise could be better managed in the future. The research is part of ANIMA, a Horizon 2020 funded research project that aims to better understand noise impact mitigation in the EU, with the aim of developing new methodologies, approaches and tools to manage and mitigate the impact of aviation noise, enhancing the capability to respond to the growing traffic demand. The elite interviews identified a number of themes including some limitations of the Environmental Noise Directive and the ICAO Balanced Approach, the failure of land use planning to reduce noise impact, and the identification of a number of desired future research programmes, for instance developing an evidence base of interventions to reduce noise to better inform decision making.

This report presents the work carried out, and the outputs produced for Deliverable 2.1 of ANIMA, in which EU regulations, legal obligations and practical interventions in relation to aircraft noise have been reviewed, focusing on the extent to which policy and practice have enabled effective implementation of ICAO's Balanced Approach to noise impact mitigation. As described in the methodology, the task was led by MMU and contributed to by all WP2 partners. In so doing, the report was driven by 2 primary approaches: A Pan-European Review of Existing Regulations and Mitigation Strategies, as driven by the use of data capture templates completed by WP partners and their networks. This review identified different approaches to noise impact mitigation in EU Member States and different patterns of implementation. Elite interviews conducted by an MMU researcher with aviation stakeholders who are impacted by, or who have the ability to influence the impacts of aviation noise. These interviews helped to understand how and why the patterns identified through the template forms have developed. As well as internal validation by ANIMA members, further validation of the findings of this review will also be provided by the Impacts and Balanced Approach Expert Committee who will have the opportunity, throughout ANIMA, to validate project findings, and feed in additional expertise. The first opportunity for IBAEC feedback on ANIMA will be on the key findings of this report and presented in Deliverable 2.2. The research found that whilst the transposition of the Environmental Noise Directive and EU Directive 2002/30/EC have gone a long way to ensuring that the ICAO Balanced Approach underpins aviation noise management and mitigation in the European Union, several challenges and priorities for future research remain. The main findings were: There is no one size fits all solution to aviation noise: each airport requires its own solutions based on its specific characteristics. In other words, Balanced Approach implementation needs ...

Growing awareness of the negative externalities of aviation has led to increasing objections to airport development, notably to expansion. This can be challenging for airport operators - particularly in regions where air traffic is growing rapidly, or where expansion is sought. In response, the air transport industry has gone to great lengths to reduce the impact of noise. However, these efforts are not always translated into reductions in noise annoyance. An EU Horizon 2020 funded research project, Aviation Noise Impact Management through Novel Approaches (ANIMA), looked to address this gap by developing new methodologies, approaches and tools to manage and mitigate the impact of aviation noise. Specifically, this paper reviews current practice in relation to airport communication and engagement activities in relation to noise. The paper reviews guidance provided by the aviation industry on public participation, finding that although the requirement for communication is made clear, guidance on exactly how such communication should take place is often lacking, as is the need for two-way dialogues and processes of evaluation. These findings are supported by a review of the literature surrounding the public participation to identify what the key components of such engagement activities should look like. The paper concludes with a call for an increased focus on community engagement by the aviation industry, and stresses the necessity not for communication to be a 'bolt-on' to existing ICAO Balanced Approach elements, but to be an important and necessary component of noise management in its own right.

Aviation noise is known as being one of the main factors that can limit the airport growth, so a wise and well-balanced policy on noise mitigation at, and around the airports is necessary, particularly in the regions with rapid growth of air traffic. Romania is such example, with a 30% increase in air traffic in the first half of 2017. The aim of this paper is to investigate the existing gaps in implementing the aviation noise mitigation policies at Romanian airports, having END as a starting point, but considering also, and best practices from other EU airports. A detailed research of the Romanian aviation noise policy is given, with illustration of the status of the implementation of the ICAO Balanced Approach: new operations, LUP, operating restrictions. The existing of national policy tools to minimize the aviation noi se impact in airport vicinity is examined. The main research question is: Where is Romania placed on the European noise mitigation map? Discussion will be around gaps and barriers, to identify the best pathways Romanian airports should chose in order to design and implement a sustainable aviation noise policy. Iasi Airport will be chosen as a case-study, having the opportunity to learn from Heathrow and Schiphol airports on how to identify & implement best practices related to airport noise management. A Framework on a national approach towards noise mitigation, including a proposed Action Plan will be designed, to be later discussed with relevant aviation stakeholders, the Romanian CAA included. The Conclusions will be drawn and next steps proposed. The investigation for this work is realized in the frame of the ANIMA research project.