In January, Geneva Airport introduced a quota system to try to limit noise after 10 p.m. According to the figures obtained by the RTS, the number of night take -offs has dropped, but few flights have been penalized.
Since the start of the year, less than 10 flights have exceeded the night noise quotas. The companies concerned will have to go to the checkout and pay minimum 5,000 francs for each takeoff outside quotas. According to information from the RTS, it is rather companies with few flights and not Low Cost giants.
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400 nightcakes
In total, there were, however, nearly 400 nocturnal takeoff between January and June 2025. But the quota system provides for tolerance. Each airline is awarded a number of points that decreases with each takeoff after 10 p.m. It was only this gauge that the company is paying for a royalty.
To avoid this, several airlines would have reorganized. Easyjet indicates to the RTS that it does not plan to exceed its quotas for this year: “We are operating with the greatest caution in order to avoid exceeding our contingent, in particular by adjusting our program upstream if necessary. The new system should therefore not require confidence (Editor’s note: to other airports) this year”. During the first six months of the year, takeoff after 10 p.m. decreased by 25% compared to the same period last year.
Not satisfied residents
Results that do not satisfy residents, who do not hear any difference, according to Matthias Buschbeck, administrative advisor to Vernier and president of the cross -border association of the local airport municipalities: “Obviously, the margin of tolerance is far too high to feel the effect of these quotas. But above all, the quotas apply only to take -offs and not an landing. represent the vast majority of movements at the airport after 10 p.m.
The airport repeats that it is working on measures to reduce night landings, without specifying what type.
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