The Group of the European People' s Party and European Democrats in any case calls for a significant reduction in permitted levels of noise pollution - which, in view of the international character of air travel, ought more sensibly to be regulated within the framework of the ICAO - and for noisier aircraft to be excluded from using European airports following brief transitionary periods.
PPE-Gruppen kræver i hvert fald, at standarderne for flystøj, som det ville være hensigtsmæssigt at regulere i ICAO-regi på grund af lufttransportens globale karakter, reduceres betydeligt, og at mere støjende fly udelukkes fra at lande i europæiske lufthavne efter en kort overgangsfrist.