Useful Info

Newsletter 89 - January 2009

Newsletter 88 - September 2008

Newsletter 87 - May 2008

Newsletter 86 - January 2008.

Newsletter 85 - October 2007.

Newsletter 84 - April 2007. Airport Expansion. Government Progress Report. Noise getting worse. Low flying aircraft.

The White Paper on the Future of Air Transport available on the Dft web site here

Fallible Forecasts. Shows why the Government forecasts are unreliable. Fallible forecasts

Gatwick - wrecking climate change targets. Full version [attached]

Gatwick - why a new runway won’t work. Illustrated booklet published in 2003. Available here

GACC - Runway response. GACC's response to the 2003 runway consultation gives the full reasons why any new runway at Gatwick must be ruled out. Click here for further information. In autumn 2003 the Ministerial answers to a series of Parliamentary Questions put down by Rt Hon Francis Maude MP showed why a new runway at Gatwick won't work Click here

Alexander’s ragtime band GACC chairman Brendon Sewill’s study of the economic case for airport expansion as presented in the government Progress Report. He has found that the aviation industry has exerted undue influence on the Department for Transport. The study is entitled 'Alexander's Ragtime Band'.

Fly now, grieve later. A study published in June 2005 uses academic research to show that of all the things that ordinary people do, flying has the biggest impact on climate change; that aviation is set to become the world’s most polluting industry; and that the rapid growth in air travel is largely due to its worldwide tax-free status. The external costs of air travel – which the government agrees should be paid by the industry – are much higher than previously estimated. Published by the Aviation Environment Federation. Fly now, grieve later

The Hidden Cost of Flying. 2003 Why aviation should pay fuel tax and VAT. DfT computer results showing that if it did so, no new runways would be needed in UK. THE HIDDEN COST OF FLYING