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UBCNA calls for a Parliamentary Commission on BELGOCONTROL

Press Release – Friday, December 2, 2016 The UNION BELGE CONTRE LES NUISANCES DES AVIONS ( UBCNA ) association, which defends local residents of airports in Belgium, particularly in Brussels, its suburbs and Walloon Brabant, agrees with the analyses of … Continue reading

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Attacks March 22, 2016

UBCNA offers its sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of the tragic events of March 22, 2016

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The only thing Brussels Airport cares about is economic performance

The presentation of the 2040 development plan for Brussels Airport is a non-event. This document contains no measures in favor of the environment, and no progress other than a free hand towards economic efficiency, said the Union Belge Contre les … Continue reading

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Bond Beter Leefmilieu and local action groups launch campaign for a healthy, carbon-neutral future for Brussels Airport

Together with Bond Beter Leefmilieu and 11 other action groups from the Flemish periphery around Brussels, we have spent the last few months drawing up a plan for the future of our airport. And it’s one with the ambition to … Continue reading

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APPOINTMENT OF MINISTER FRANCOIS BELLOT

UBCNA Press Release Sunday, APRIL 17, 2016 The Union Belge Contre les Nuisances des Avions ( UBCNA-BUTV ), Belgium’s oldest and largest association for the defence of people living near airports, has learned of the appointment of François BELLOT, Walloon … Continue reading

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Is ultrafine particle analysis too expensive?

Published in LLB on Friday, March 18, 2016 at 07:01 am

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PRESS RELEASE – INTENSIVE OVERFLIGHT OF EASTERN BRUSSELS – MAYORS AND RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATIONS SAY “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” AND CALL ON FRANÇOIS BELLOT TO REVIEW HIS PLANS AND CALL ON FRANÇOIS BELLOT TO REVIEW HIS PLANS

A ministerial instruction issued by the Minister or his administration (of unknown date and form) has modified since July 13 the runway selection system at Brussels airport.According to the burgomasters of Wezembeek-Oppem and Kraainem, as well as the local associations … Continue reading

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March 7, 2017 press conference

2 priorities of the Platform of 12 (June 2015) are recalled, by 14 associations: Annual flights limited to 220,000 More night flights Common Platform night flights 2017-03-07

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Work on runway 01/19 scheduled for summer 2016

Trail use between July 26 and August 26, 2016

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Brussels-National, air safety at risk

For purely political reasons, some are denying the progress and technological evolution in aviation at Brussels-National, namely the use of GPS systems to guide aircraft to runways. The latest quarrel between Minister Galant and Chairman Ledoux of SPF Mobilité concerns … Continue reading

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