https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-news/belgium-all-news/57822/air-traffic-noise-stop-or-reduce-night-flights-study-recommends/“Eliminating or reducing the importance of night operations over time would contribute, in our opinion, to restoring confidence and respect between the airport and the surrounding operations,” the French experts recommended. “Many airports of the same nature in Europe completely ban night flights.
“So far, the facts seem to indicate that the airport does not take the initiative of managing the noise issue, preferring to leave the problem to other operational actors such as Skeyes or the federal or regional governments,” it noted. “In actual fact, it seems the airport is protected, to a large extent, by the Flemish political and regional institutions.”