Stop City Airport Masterplan: Archive

May 23rd

Press Release - Referendum results: overwhelming...

Press Release 21/5/13 for immediate use Referendum results: overwhelming opposition to Heathrow expansion in West London Over 70% of people in Richmond, Hillingdon and Hounslow have voted against expansion at Heathrow in polls conducted by the three London boroughs. Over the last few weeks people have voted in official referenda carried out by Hillingdon and Richmond and, in Hounslow,...

May 21st

PRESS RELEASE - Leaked documents reveal Heathrow...

Press Release 3/5/13 for immediate use Leaked documents reveal Heathrow Airport looking at 12 options for new runways Leaked documents reveal that Heathrow Airport, formerly known as BAA, has been looking at twelve possible options for a third runway or a new airport. The documents show that the options Heathrow has considered include a four-runway airport at White Waltham in Berkshire,...

May 3rd

Press Release - Major new report questions need...

A major report released today by the London Assembly questions the need for new airport capacity, even at Heathrow. The in-depth study by the Assembly Transport Committee, Airport Capacity in London, has found thatairport capacity in London is currently underused with some London airports having more than half of their runway slots free. Even Heathrow – at 99 per cent runway capacity – might...

May 1st

London Airport Capacity underused says new London...

Airport Capacity in London The Transport Committee’s report, Airport Capacity in London, was a result of an in-depth investigation involving airlines, environmentalists, business leaders and other aviation experts. The report suggests existing airport capacity in London, including at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, could be used more effectively. Research commissioned for the London Assembly...

May 1st

PRESS RELEASE - Boris Johnson Tops the Bill at...

25/4/2013 for immediate use Boris Tops the Bill at Mega-Rally Rally against Heathrow Expansion Justine Greening makes first speech on Heathrow since being moved from Department for Transport Saturday 27th April, 9.30-10.30am Barn Elms Playing Fields Queen Elizabeth Walk, London, SW13 9SA Thousands are expected to attend what has been billed as a Mega Rally against Heathrow Expansion...

Apr 25th

PRESS RELEASE - HIGH COURT ASKED TO INVESTIGATE...

Friends of the Earth press release Embargo: For immediate release, Wednesday 24 April 2013 Jenny Bates, Friends of the Earth London Campaigner – 07884 003107 Neil Verlander, Friends of the Earth press office – 020 7566 1649 HIGH COURT ASKED TO INVESTIGATE ‘FLAWED’ THAMES ROAD CROSSING CONSULTATION Friends of the Earth has asked the High Court to judicially review Transport for...

Apr 24th

Gatwick Airport Response to Discussion Paper 02 on...

Gatwick Airport - Aviation Connectivity and the Economy Paper - 18 Apr 13

Apr 24th

Press Release - Cross-party support for new...

23/4/13 for immediate use Cross-party support for new reports that explodes myths about need for Heathrow expansion Over 70 people packed into committee room 9 of the House of Commons yesterday for the launch of a major new report from CE Delft which argued that airport expansion is not needed to improve the UK’s business connections with the rest of the world. The report was...

Apr 23rd

PRESS RELEASE - Aviation report “claims about the...

Major new aviation report argues “claims about the economic benefits of connectivity are not founded on solid evidence” A major new report, launched today in the House of Commons, challenges the view that improved international air connectivity will necessarily bring significant benefits to the UK economy (1). The report by the independent Dutch consultants CE Delft, and commissioned jointly by...

Apr 22nd

Two bidders shortlisted to acquire CityJet -... →

Air France KLM is believed to have shortlisted two bidders to acquire its Swords-based airline subsidiary CityJet. The Irish Times has learned that Dublin-based ASL Aviation and Intro Aviation in Germany are the two groups shortlisted for the deal. These bids have emerged from an initial list of close to 20 parties that expressed an interest in CityJet. This was whittled down to six, and then to...

Apr 18th

Press Release - HACAN supports London Assembly’s...

Press Release 12/04/13 for immediate use HACAN supports London Assembly’s call for night flight ban at Heathrow HACAN, representing residents under the Heathrow flight paths, has backed the call from the London Assembly today to ban night flights at Heathrow (1). In its response to the Government’s consultation (2) on the future of night flights at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick, the...

Apr 12th

Secretary of State's Decision letter and...

Expansion of Lydd airport approved.

Apr 10th

Press Release - Short Haul Flights clogging...

Press Release 7/4/13 for immediate use Short Haul Flights: still clogging Heathrow’s runways A new study from HACAN (1) reveals that nine out the ten top destinations served by Heathrow are short haul. Only one, New York, is long haul. The rest are European or British destinations. New York, with 61 flights a day, tops the table. It is followed by Dublin, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and...

Apr 8th

Airports Commission - Aviation and Climate Change... →

Apr 5th

Apr 2nd

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SSE Press Release - GOVERNMENT’S NEW AVIATION...

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY STOP STANSTED EXPANSION 25 March 2013 GOVERNMENT’S NEW AVIATION POLICY IS A HOLLOW SHAM Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) has dismissed the Government’s newly published ‘Aviation Policy Framework’ as little more than a hollow sham. The long-awaited document, made public on 22 March, sets out the Government’s approach towards the future...

Mar 25th

HACAN Press Release - Government’s Aviation...

Press Release For immediate use Government’s Aviation Strategy ‘Disappointing’ Campaign group HACAN, representing residents under the Heathrow flight paths, has described the Government’s new aviation strategy, released on Friday 22nd March, as ‘disappointing’. The strategy sets out overall Government policy on aviation (1). It replaces the 2013 Air Transport White Paper published by the...

Mar 25th

TGB Alternatives for Improving Public Transport -...

Alternatives and Options for Improving Public Transport - Original London Cable Car

Mar 14th

Original suggested plans for a 12 Cable Car System...

Original plans for a 12 Cable Car System crossing the Thames 2008

Mar 13th

PRESS RELEASE - Boris Johnson's 'Floating Village'...

Press Release For Immediate Release Boris Johnson’s ‘Floating Village’ slammed as a titanic mistake. Homes would be built in the London City Airport Crash Zone.[1] DfT Public Safety Zone Policy objective is that there should be no increase in the number of people living, working or congregating in Public Safety Zone. [2] Mayor of London Boris Johnson been accused of gross...

Mar 12th

Friends of the Earth River crossings response

FOE-River Crossings Consultation Response 2013 Adjusted by

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Feb 25th

HACAN Chair John Stewart, a man with no...

// Press Release 25/2/13 for immediate use HACAN Chair John Stewart, a man with no convictions, on a secret backlist of “troublemakers” “Could explain I was why barred from America” HACAN Chair John Stewart, a man with no convictions, is on a secret backlist of “troublemakers”. The existence of a list first emerged at the end of last year during evidence from Ian Kerr, the Consulting...

Feb 25th

British Medical Journal editorial gives stark...

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY STOP STANSTED EXPANSION 23 February 2013 In an editorial in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) today Professor Jangu Banatvala and Professor Mala Rao give a stark warning once again about the direct health impacts of aviation arising from noise, pollution and the spread of communicable disease and the indirect health impacts arising from greenhouse gas emissions and...

Feb 25th

London City Airport boss Uzo Chukwunonye 'was an... →

Feb 24th

River Crossings Consultation – Joint Response by

Feb 13th

Press Release - Speed up Davies Commission: ...

13/2/13 for immediate use Speed up Davies Commission: Cross-Party Letter sent to Transport Secretary MPs, peers and campaign groups have joined with the leaders of nine local authorities to call on the Government to bring forward the publication date of the final report of the Airports Commission, headed by Sir Howard Davies (1). They have written a joint letter (2) to Transport...

Feb 13th

Thames Gateway Bridge Inspector’s report by

Feb 6th

Feb 4th

PRESS RELEASE - Boris Johnson 'Corrupted the...

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has ’corrupted the consultation’ into the proposed Silvertown Tunnel by saying the road project will go ahead anyway, even though the consultation is still ongoing. At Mayors Question Time, Boris Johnson who is head of TfL said they were ‘going ahead with a tunnel at Silvertown, a Blackwall 2 Crossing’ but the Transport for London...

Jan 31st

London City Airport ignoring Silvertown Fire...

As Fire Stations across London are earmarked for closure, one in particular causes concern for the residents on Newham - the closure of Silvertown Fire station. Silvertown Fire Station is the nearest Station to the London City Airport Public Safety Zone, other wise known as the “Crash Zone” According to an FOI, London City Airport have failed to respond to any of the consultations...

Jan 25th

Press Release - Silvertown Tunnel "Criminal" and...

23/01/13 Press Release For Immediate Use. Silvertown Tunnel “Criminal” and “Unjust” The effects of a new Silvertown Tunnel on families in Tower Hamlets will be “criminal” and “unjust” according to leading air quality expert Dr Ian Mudway of Kings College London.[1] Speaking at a public meeting in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, Dr Mudway raised concerns over...

Jan 23rd

Press Release - Government has still not committed...

Press Release For immediate use 22/1/13 Still no Night Flight Ban Residents expressed disappointment that the Government has still not committed itself to a night flight ban in its consultation on a new night flight regime at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick, released earlier today. However, they have welcomed the fact that the Government is prepared to look at measures which could mitigate the...

Jan 22nd

Jan 18th

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Jan 18th

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FRIENDS OF THE EARTH MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Jenny Bates, Friends of the Earth London Campaigner - 07884 003107, jenny.bates@foe.co.uk Twitter @batesjenny As the debate heats up over Boris’s controversial road river crossings proposals for East London, local people will be able to debate the issues at Friends of the Earth’s 2 public meetings on the issue - on January Monday 21st on the...

Jan 18th

19 January 2011 - My formal complaint about...

The Cllrs conflict of interest was my most worrying concern. Strangely Newham found there was nothing wrong »> (Oh and I am not the greatest writer - be warned) Newham Council 10/02311/FUL London Cable Car Development Strategic Development Committee on the Tuesday 18th January 2011 7.00 FORMAL COMPLAINT Dear Sirs, I attended the above meeting to object to the London Cable Car on...

Jan 9th

Jan 7th

Jan 4th

PRESS RELEASE - THAMES CROSSINGS PROPOSALS...

Friends of the Earth press release Embargo: Embargo: 00.01 Friday 4 January 2013 Contact: Jenny Bates, London Campaigner, Friends of the Earth. 07884 003107 Neil Verlander, press office – 020 7566 1649/ 07712 843 209 THAMES CROSSINGS PROPOSALS CHALLENGED BY FRIENDS OF THE EARTH New Thames road crossings would increase traffic,...

Jan 4th

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Boris Johnson's East London River Crossings...

BORIS’S PLANS FOR 2 NEW ROAD RIVER CROSSINGS IN EAST LONDON FED UP WITH CONGESTION AND POLLUTION AND NOISE ALREADY? COME AND FIND OUT MORE AND HAVE YOUR SAY! PROPOSALS Transport for London (TfL) and Mayor Boris Johnson are consulting on 2 new road river crossings in east London and propose: - 4 more lanes of traffic as a Silvertown road tunnel at Blackwall The last time Blackwall...

Jan 2nd

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Silvertown tunnel and Gallions Reach river...

BORIS’S PLANS FOR 2 NEW ROAD RIVER CROSSINGS IN EAST LONDON PUBLIC MEETINGS ORGANISED BY FRIENDS OF THE EARTH Friends of the Earth are organising 2 public meetings to hear from an Air Pollution and Transport experts about dangers of air pollution, and about the increase in traffic and congestion and other problems that would be expected if these crossings were built. Air pollution is a...

Dec 27th

Press Release - Residents ‘dismayed’ that London...

Press Release 14/12/12 for immediate use Residents ‘dismayed’ that London City Airport is wanting to use larger planes Residents under the flight paths are dismayed that London City Airport is intending to submit a planning application for major infrastructure works that will enable larger plans to use the airport. London City says is will consult residents living near the airport over the...

Dec 14th

Boris Johnson's Hub of deceit.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson on his trip to India today met the team behind Hyderabad Airport subtly comparing it to his own plans for a Boris Island Airport in the Thames Estuary. Boris Johnson has privately conceded that the Thames Estuary Airport will never happen and has publicly backed an expansion at the up-for-sale Stansted Airport. What Boris didn’t mention in India was that the...

Nov 27th

PRESS RELEASE - Heathrow challenged on claim that...

Press Release 14/11/12 for immediate use Heathrow challenged on claim that it is lack of runway capacity at Heathrow that is limiting flights to China Campaign group HACAN has challenged BAA’s claim that it is lack of capacity at Heathrow that is limiting the number of flights between the UK and mainland China. There is a bilateral agreement between the two countries which restricts flights...

Nov 14th

Press Release - A sea of protest against airport...

A sea of protest against airport expansion across Europe as a new breed of campaigner emerges Thousands expected at Frankfurt protest on Sunday A new report from HACAN (1), outlining the huge protests against airport expansion that are taking place across Europe, has been published just days before thousands of people are expected to converge on Frankfurt Airport on Sunday to mark the first...

Oct 19th

Sep 3rd

West London residents send videos to David Cameron...

Press Release 31/8/12 for immediate use West London residents send videos to David Cameron in support of Justine Greening West London residents have sent videos to the Prime Minister David Cameron in support of the Transport Secretary Justine Greening (1). This follows a fortnight long campaign where people have been plastering the Piccadilly Line with ‘I back Justine’ stickers (2). One...

Aug 31st