Committed to improve fuel efficiency of new aircraft by 50 per cent by 2020.

More than 700,000 direct and indirect jobs.

More than £11bn contributed to UK GDP in 2006.

Committed to improve fuel efficiency of new aircraft by 50 per cent by 2020.

Over 50%  of people in the UK flew in 2006.

£18bn in international tourism-related receipts  in 2005.

Flying Matters

October 2008

The economy, fuel prices, tax and flying: views of voters in key marginal seats

FlyingMatters commissioned independent polling from Crosby|Textor|Pepper. 1,054 voters were polled in key Conservative target seats (using new boundaries).   The polling was conducted over the period 16th – 29th June 2008. The research was designed to underst ...

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August 2008

Aviation and trade with the developing world

The debate over the use of air freight as a means of transporting fresh produce is complex and highly contested. The Soil Association are proposing that air freight should be ‘phased-out’ in favour of an alternative. However, no viable alternative exists. The far ...

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31 March 2008

Families, holidays and flying

In January 2008 FlyingMatters commissioned Populus to conduct research into the issue of families, holidays and flying.   Populus interviewed 2166 adults aged 18+ by telephone between January 4th and January 10th.  The results have been weighted to be representat ...

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29 August 2007

Aviation and People

Flying is no longer a luxury reserved for a privileged elite. Most people in the UK have flown at least once.   According to a MORI poll conducted in 2006 50 per cent of people in the UK travelled at least once by air in 2006 and 74 per cent had travelled by air in ...

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28 August 2007

Aviation and the UK economy

Aviation has become increasingly important as our global economies become more and more interlinked.


For island nations like the UK, aviation is crucial for moving goods ...

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27 August 2007

Aviation and Tourism

The tourist industry makes a large and growing contribution to the UK economy – it directly contributes nearly 4 per cent of GDP. Nearly three quarters of international visitors arrive by air.  Spending by visitors who arrive by air is equivalent to 1.1 per cent o ...

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23 August 2007

Aviation and Climate Change

No two articles or interviews seem to refer to the same set of statistics in relation to aviation and climate change.  The following briefin ...

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