East Midlands Airport night flight petition launched
29.03.08
A petition is to be delivered to the Prime Minister calling for tighter restrictions on night flights from East Midlands Airport. The online petition on the 10 Downing Street website was created by Steve Charlish, the chairman of campaign group DEMAND (Demand East Midlands Airport is Now Designated).
The petition comes after statistics revealed the airport has more night-time flights than Gatwick and Heathrow airports combined. During 2007 there were more than 19,888 flights from East Midlands between 23:00 and 07:00. At Heathrow, there were 6,238, while at Gatwick there were 12,909 (both figures taken from 23:30 to 06:00).
Mr Charlish said the night flights are not just keeping people awake, they are also damaging their health by causing stress and depression. He wants East Midlands Airport to be designated in the same way that the London airports are. This would mean that its night flights restricted by Government regulations.
North West Leicestershire MP David Taylor, who is supporting the petition, demanded to know why the number of night flights was being allowed after questions in Parliament last week. He said: ‘Once there are enough names on the petition, I will be drawing it to the attention of the Transport Secretary and then, hopefully, bringing it specifically to the notice of the Prime Minister.'
The petition is available at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/peacefulnight/. So far 51 people have signed it.
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