Plane Stupid wants all short-haul flights banned
06.10.06
An anti-aviation group called Plane Stupid, which recently staged a direct action protest at Nottingham East Midlands airport, is calling for the immediate cessation of all short-haul flights. The group's website is calling for a national day of action against short-haul flights on November 6.
A Plane Stupid spokesman told the website Flightmapping.com that most European flights should be banned, adding: "In terms of (the banning) of short-haul flights, we mean flights to destinations so close they're easily reachable by other more sustainable means. So, that includes almost all of Europe.'
The group specifically wants to target flights of less than 500 kilometres, which they say can easily be made by alternative modes of transport such as train, bus or ferry. The spokesman said that: '45% of all flights in Europe are to destinations less than 500 kilometres away. That's the same as from London to the Scottish border, places easily reachable by train, bus or ferry alternatives - all of which are over ten times less polluting.'
'Aviation is the fastest growing cause of climate change and unless we end all short-haul flights, climate catastrophe awaits.'
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