Das Projekt "Marktbasierte Methoden zur Veringerung der Umweltschäden durch Lärm" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Luftfahrtsysteme durchgeführt. Airlines and airports will likely face an increasing number of noise-impact constraints in future. There are already at least 128 airports worldwide with some type of noise surcharges, and the situation that the air-transport industry faces regarding noise-related environmental constraints on future growth is very grave. As has been shown in other industries, there are conditions under which a market-based mechanism using transferable permits can be used to provide improved control over environmental impacts, and at the same time, allow efficient business operations. MIME is aimed at discovering whether, and how, such mechanisms can be used to improve environmental noise control in air transport. MIME seeks to determine the answers to several basic research questions: (1) How can noise be translated into tradable permits? (2) How would such a system be put into place? (3) Can a market increase the number of viable options? (4) How can ATM contribute to enabling airlines to reach their noise goals? (5) Could this add a fifth dimension to the ICAO 'Balanced Approach' for noise reduction? (6) What is an appropriate regulatory frame work? The MIME project will result in the following:- A system of transferable noise permits that would be initially allocated to airlines;- A method of implementation of noise permits and the means by which the chosen system would be equitably put into place at an airport;- Requirements for tools for calculation of airline noise permit use;- An analytic framework that would enable a single airline to understand the operation of this market and of the value of such noise permits;- Tools to enable airport situations to be judged as advantageous (or not) for such market-based approaches;- Propositions for enabling uniform implementation of the chosen noise permit system at European airports; and- The regulatory framework that would establish and govern this system.