As the public hearings for London Gatwick airport’s northern runway resume, researchers from the Netherlands have found greater inhaler use in children living near Amsterdam’s…
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Ex-BA boss: drop green aviation policies if costs outweigh benefits
Green aviation policies should be abandoned if the costs outweigh the benefits, the head of the world’s most influential airlines body has said. Willie Walsh,…
View More Ex-BA boss: drop green aviation policies if costs outweigh benefitsLondon is most exposed city in world to air pollution from aviation, study finds
The planes taking off and landing at London’s six airports expose the city’s inhabitants to the equivalent of 3.23m cars’ worth of harmful nitrogen oxides…
View More London is most exposed city in world to air pollution from aviation, study findsFirst transatlantic flight using 100% sustainable jet fuel takes off
The first transatlantic flight by a commercial airliner fully powered by “sustainable” jet fuel has taken off from London Heathrow. Tuesday’s Virgin Atlantic flight, partly…
View More First transatlantic flight using 100% sustainable jet fuel takes offThe jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022
Private jets belonging to 200 celebrities, CEOs, oligarchs and billionaires have spent a combined total of 11 years in the air since the start of…
View More The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022Jetting off to the sun? The adverts are selling you a ticket to climate disaster | Andrew Simms
Even with lethal wildfires licking around southern Europe’s holiday hotspots, airlines such as Ryanair are still flying people towards the flames. Aviation, dubbed “the fastest…
View More Jetting off to the sun? The adverts are selling you a ticket to climate disaster | Andrew SimmsUK agency has backed billions’ worth of aviation deals since Paris agreement
A UK government agency has financially supported the high-carbon aviation industry with billions of pounds since the Paris climate agreement was adopted, it can be…
View More UK agency has backed billions’ worth of aviation deals since Paris agreementRunner says no to competing for GB in Australia over flight climate concerns
A promising teenage athlete has declined to represent Great Britain in a competition due to be held in Australia because she is concerned about the…
View More Runner says no to competing for GB in Australia over flight climate concernsRevealed: 5,000 empty ‘ghost flights’ in UK since 2019, data shows
More than 5,000 completely empty passenger flights have flown to or from UK airports since 2019, the Guardian can reveal. A further 35,000 commercial flights…
View More Revealed: 5,000 empty ‘ghost flights’ in UK since 2019, data showsUK gave airlines 4.4m free pollution permits in 2021, study finds
The UK government gave airlines nearly a quarter of a billion pounds in free pollution permits in a single year, enough for the entire industry…
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