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The Zero Association criticizes Lisbon's Noise Action Plan as ineffective and proposes a 5.7 euro noise tax per passenger to fund building insulation and mitigate aircraft noise impacts on over 370,000 residents.
Data reveals that less than 18% of flights operating during the restricted midnight to 6:00 AM window at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport between 2023 and 2025 met the required 'force majeure' criteria.
The Minister stressed that this support 'will not replace ANA's obligations' and insisted that the programme is 'completely supplementary'. The APA demanded a new plan from the concessionaire and that it 'does its part'.
The environmental association Zero considers the 2024-2029 Noise Action Plan for Lisbon Airport ineffective and regrets that the health of more than 370,000 people continues to be affected by aircraft noise.
With 60,000 people exposed to night-time noise above legal limits, the Zero association advocates for an urgent review of the plan and the closure of the airport.
The environmental association Zero accuses the Lisbon airport Noise Action Plan, which is under public consultation until Sunday, of “failing completely” to fund acoustic insulation for buildings, as it only allocates seven million euros to mitigate noise impact.
The concessionaire's managers argue that it is not ANA's services causing the noise but the flights themselves, and they say the carbon tax levied on aviation should fund noise‑mitigation measures.
'Less Noise' programme should have started in September, but the signing of the protocols for its implementation was only formalised last Thursday.
The government announced €10 million to improve the soundproofing of homes affected by noise from Humberto Delgado Airport.
The Government announced €10 million to improve the soundproofing of homes near the airport, an amount that the group of nearby residents called “late” and “insufficient”.
ANA — Aeroportos de Portugal will appeal the fine imposed on it for breaching the noise action plan for Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, arguing that it fully met the obligations set out. "It's not about the amount, obviously — the sum is completely symbolic, even compared with our voluntary contribution ...
ANA, the operator of Lisbon Airport, will challenge a penalty imposed for failing to comply with the city's noise management plan.
The Inspectorate imposed the minimum fine of €12,000 on the company that operates Lisbon Airport. The CEO says the obligations set out in the plan to alter structures were “fully complied with”.
The company maintains it fully complied with the obligations set out.
Home News €10 million to reduce noise from Lisbon Airport €10 million to reduce noise from Lisbon Airport The Programa Menos Ruído will make €10 million available to improve the acoustic insulation of homes affected by noise from Humberto Delgado Airport.
The government marked the signing of cooperation protocols to implement the 'Less Noise' Programme, approved by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of 16 March 2025.
The funding will be distributed over two years and is intended to support the acoustic insulation of homes affected by noise from the airport in Almada, Lisbon, Loures and Vila Franca de Xira.
The Government, through the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing and the Ministry of the Environment and Energy, signed protocols this Thursday with several municipalities for the allocation of a total of €10 million, intended to improve the acoustic insulation of homes exposed to noise generated by Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon. Protocols were signed this ...
The 'Less Noise' programme will make €10 million available to improve the sound insulation of homes affected by noise from Humberto Delgado Airport in the municipalities of Almada, Lisbon, Loures and Vila Franca de Xira.
The Inspectorate-General for the Environment fined the concessionaire of Lisbon Airport for failing to meet obligations to soundproof homes affected by noise. Amid fines and delays, the Government launched a programme to curb the airport's impact on the populations of the affected municipalities.
The case concerns the failure to implement three of the 34 measures in Lisbon Airport's 2018–2023 Noise Action Plan. The legal fines for the offence range between €12,000 and €72,000.
ANAC imposed fines of €8.7 million in 2024 for breaches of night-flight restrictions in Lisbon. The amount fell to €3.4 million in 2025, but the regulator says it will maintain rigorous enforcement.
The legal penalties for the administrative offence range from €12,000 to €72,000.
The Inspector-General of IGAMAOT says fines for administrative offence proceedings range from €12,000 to €72,000. These are the maximum amounts provided for by law. The new airport noise plan has been rejected.
