Campaign for Better Transport Aviation Blog

Shepway Council approves Lydd Airport expansion

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:01:24 +0000

5 March: I read this morning that Shepway Council overruled their planning officers and approved expansion of Lydd Airport. I cant see this being the end of the matter!

Southend Airport: bad decision

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:39:44 +0000

22 January: Southend-on-Sea has just approved expansion at Southend Airport. But the Government knows it can't expand regional airports and Heathrow, as our investigation last year revealed.

Committee on Climate Change: it's Heathrow or heating

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:23:38 +0000

8 December: Make no mistake. The Committee on Climate Change has shown that the Government's airport expansion plans are totally incompatible with stopping climate change.

APD rises are long overdue

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:17:46 +0000

30 October: The airline industry and Daily Telegraph are calling for air passenger duty to be scrapped. Their arguments are unlikely to take off.

We're not letting aviation off the hook

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:29:51 +0000

9 September: The Committee on Climate Change wants to reduce overall emissions by 90% so we don't have to cut the amount we fly. With alternatives available, why should we give aviation a free ride?

Help stop airport expansion

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:47:12 +0000

7 July: Expanding Bristol International Airport (BIA) would mean more traffic, more noise and more CO2. Local campaigners are fighting hard to stop this development, but they need your help.

Government: get real about the impact of flying

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:48:00 +0000

3 June: We’ve just responded to the Government’s consultation on airport regulation.

More businesses oppose third runway

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:07:51 +0000

May 4: The case for expanding Heathrow took a further pounding this week when a coalition of chief executives came out against the third runway at Heathrow. I wasn’t that surprised really: businesses have been telling me for a while that they want Heathrow improved, not expanded.