A decision by the local government to tighten noise restrictions at the Brussels Airport could cost the airport up to 25 percent of its cargo business, according to a quote attributed to the airport\u2019s CEO, Arnaud Feist, by Belgian business daily L\u2019Echo. The crisis was set in motion in May 2016 when Brussels Environment Minister C\u00e9line Fremault asked the Brussels Institute of Environmental Management (IBGE) to cease tolerance of overruns relating to noise restrictions, beginning Jan. 1, 2017.
\nL\u2019Echo also quoted Feist as saying: \u201cWe have actually received feedback from several customers indicating their decisions to leave for Schiphol as of March 2 if nothing changes before March 1. We have already lost some customers and routes in the recent past, and the Chinese cargo carrier Yangtze River Express is leaving for Amsterdam as of Jan. 1, 2017. Two or three other airlines are in the same state of mind.\u201d The airport is currently working with various levels of government to find a solution.
\nThe airport, which dates back to World War II, was built in an agricultural area that has since attracted more homes and businesses as Brussels grew and expanded in recent decades. The population increase around the airport subsequently generated its share of noise complaints, and Minister Fremault\u2019s actions earlier this year suggest that the government is moving to address them.
\nThe debate over noise controls has also sparked a tiff in the local media that began when the airport took out a full-page advertisement in a number of papers seeking to address \u201ca lot of lies and half-truths are being told,\u201d according to Nathalie Van Impe, spokeswoman for Brussels Airport.
\nThe Brussels Times now reports that a group of citizens has filed a complaint that alleges that the airport engaged in \u201cfalse advertising, falsehood and use of falsehood and manipulation detrimental to public health.\u201d The scuffle mirrors the protracted debate over London\u2019s Heathrow Airport expansion plans that has played out in local media and become intensely politicized.
\nL\u2019Echo quoted Feist as saying that the decision will cost the local economy between 1,250 to 1,500 direct jobs that were generated by cargo carriers that the airport anticipates losing in 2017 if the new noise restrictions rules are enforced.
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