9 December 2008
Upper crusties
THOUSANDS of ordinary families faced airport hell yesterday — as well-heeled youngsters blockaded Stansted&rsquo ...
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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
28 December 2008
Flights Tax Threat to Family Holidays
TAX rises on flying could spell the end of foreign holidays for many families. Even small increases will force thousands to scrap their break in the sun this year, a study reveals. The rises, slipped out by Chan ...
9 December 2008
This anti-flying circus is absurd
A hijacking disrupted flights at Stansted yesterday. Fifty posh-kid climate-change protesters, whose spokesperson was ...
11 November 2008
Tourism slump could cost £11bn
A recession will cost the tourism industry more than 100,000 jobs and dent gross domestic product by £11bn, a re ...
October 2008
High-street big guns change airfreight stance
The Fresh Produce Consortium and Ghanaian fresh-cut fruit exporter Blue Skies have helped to influence two high-profil ...
20 October 2008
Rolls-Royce brings propeller engines back in vogue
It evokes images of the vintage days of aviation, when flying around the world was a luxury few could afford. But prop ...
15 October 2008
I'm too terrified of jail to carry on, says eco-warrior
CAMBRIDGE graduate and "face" of the climate change campaign Tamsin Omond today revealed she was withdrawing ...
9 October 2008
FlyingMatters debates passenger growth at Stansted Airport
Rt Hon Brian Wilson, Chairman of FlyingMatters, debates the decision to increase the number of passengers at Stansted Ai ...
24 September 2008
Green idealists fail to make grade, says study
People who believe they have the greenest lifestyles can be seen as some of the main culprits behind global warming, s ...
15 August 2008
Weak dollar and global slowdown prompts 5% fall in visitors to Britain
A REFLECTION of the slowdown in the global economy and the strength of sterling before its recent sharp decline, the n ...
2 August 2008
Airfreight ban not popular with voters
Seventy per cent of voters in key Conservative target seats believe developing countries should not be penalised by re ...
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