Article: We can't have air travel and clean future ; In the report on air travel - "Airport growth at risk" (January 29) there seems to be an assumption that air travel is a good thing. It is not!

Article: -FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: National alliance will fight ...
M2 Presswire;  October 28, 1998 ;     595 words ... ... National alliance will fight airport growth (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS ... conference "Airports and Air Travel: a local and global problem ... stopped by united action. "Air travel is also the fastest growing ... must now be abandoned for air travel as well." Speakers at ...

Article: Airport demos rock Europe. ("Right Price for Air ...
Earth Island Journal;  December 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Right Price for Air Travel" actions ... Right Price for Air Travel" campaigners ... aircraft and airport growth for years. Recently ... are fighting airport growth in London, Brussels ... Right Price for Air Travel" is not a campaign ...

Article: STUDY PREDICTS AIRPORT GROWTH
Post-Tribune (IN);  September 14, 1988 ;     670 words ... ... sectors of Northwest Indiana, recently presented a report on airport growth and expansion to Mayor Thomas V. Barnes. Barnes presented ... supports our contention that the vast majority recognizes that air travel is a dominant mode of transportation and development of Gary ...

Article: Regions threatened by massive airport growth; ...
M2 Presswire;  July 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 2002-FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: Regions threatened by massive airport growth; Government plans for aviation growth (C)1994-2002 ... breaks. These include + no tax on aviation fuel; + no VAT on air travel; + income from duty free sales; + a level of Air Passenger ...

Article: Study: Fewer leaving state for air travel
Missoulian;  November 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ...A new study of western Montanans' air travel habits for the Missoula County Airport Authority found that ... top destinations for passengers leaving from Missoula and airport growth. In the last year, more than 91 percent of air travelers ...

Article: ANALYSIS AIRPORT GROWTH: Is airport expansion the ...
The Independent - London;  July 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... attempting to meet the growth in demand for air travel, he steered clear of committing himself ... Despite 11 September and the huge drop in air travel in its wake, the Government, the business ... found that the main reason for using air travel was for contact with customers, the ...

Article: Face up to climate change - and reject airport ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... cheering on the explosive growth in cheap air travel from Liverpool, I have to ask if we ... airport. "Instead, we should plan for air travel to peak in 2008 and slowly contract after ... regeneration plans on ever-expanding cheap air travel would be about as prudent and morally ...