“The Future of Air Transport” White Paper provided a clear approach to the local environmental challenges of airport operation, in terms of noise and the impact on the area in which airports operate. In particular it set out our key aim to limit and where possible reduce the number of people in the UK significantly affected by aircraft noise.
In addition to measures taken by airport operators, the Government have acted to strengthen airport operators’ powers to control noise at airports; implemented a new night noise regime for London airports that caps flight numbers at current levels and provide incentives for introducing quieter aircraft and continued to undertake appropriate research into aircraft noise.