Ecological Aspects of Air Transport

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	342-0695/01
Abbreviation	EALD
Course title	Ecological Aspects of Air Transport
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Institute of Transport
Course coordinator	Ing. Vojtěch Graf, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Transport and environment
2. Basic concepts of ecology
3. Environmental Management System (EMS)
4. Legislative basis
5. Introduction to regulation L16 Environmental protection
6. Regulation L16 / I - Aircraft noise
7. Regulation L16 / II - Emissions from aircraft engines
8. Airport environmental policy
9. Airport environmental policy - noise pollution
10. Airport environmental policy - air
11. Airport environmental policy - water protection and waste management
12. Airport environmental policy - monitoring and spatial planning
13. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
14. Repetition/reserve

E-learning

lms.vsb.cz

Literature

EUROPEAN UNION AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY, EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY a EUROCONTROL. European Aviation Environmental Report 2025 [online]. Cologne: European Union Aviation Safety Agency, 2025 [cit. 2026-07-01]. Dostupné z: https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/domains/environment/eaer

Advised literature

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Environmental Protection. Volume IV: Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) [online]. 2nd ed. Montréal: International Civil Aviation Organization, 2023 [cit. 2026-07-01]. Dostupné z: https://www.icao.int/CORSIA/sarps-annex-16-volume-iv

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