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Aviation Environment Federation report for UECNA (June 2026) analyzing night flight operations (23:00–07:00) at 31 key European airports. Documents approximately 210,000 more night arrivals and 140,000 more night departures at EU27+EFTA airports in 2023 compared to 2005, with night flights comprising 5.5% of total traffic. Night flights per airport in 2025 ranged from 7,578 to

Aviation Noise Impact Management is an open-access academic book edited by Laurent Leylekian, Alexandra Covrig, and Alena Maximova, published by Springer. It examines how aviation noise is measured, regulated, and managed across Europe, covering technologies to reduce noise, regulatory frameworks, and the effects of aircraft noise on community well-being. While focused on the European context, the book offers broadly applicable insights for airport noise policy research and planning.

A 2021 EUROCONTROL presentation examines how COVID-19 devastated European aviation, with flights dropping as much as 88% below 2019 levels and airlines, airports, and air navigation service providers suffering €56.2 billion in net losses. The presentation outlines three recovery scenarios ranging from an optimistic return to 2019 traffic levels by 2024 (if vaccines proved effective quickly) to a prolonged recovery not expected until 2029 if vaccines failed. It frames the crisis as an opportunity to advance aviation sustainability, including reduced carbon emissions and noise impacts.