The Greens are calling on the Free State of Bavaria to better monitor empty flights at Leipzig/Halle Airport at night. This should help to better protect local residents from night-time flight noise, said Franziska Schubert, head of the Green parliamentary group.
On empty flights, planes take off or land at the airport without cargo on board. These so-called positioning flights ensure that aircraft are in the right place at the right time to handle the cargo business.
Schubert asked the state government that there were 1,354 of these empty flights at Leipzig/Halle in 2025. The Green politician calls the fact that 352 of these took place at night "alarming" in terms of noise protection. Saxony's state government must systematically record empty flights and their necessity, demanded Schubert.
