London council battles City airport case
Dave BondThe British capital’s up and coming London City Airport has been permitted to increase its number of flights, basically doubling the quantity, despite the environmental impact
Newham council has seen a court case built against them by local environmental campaigners following giving the green light to a huge increase in flights permitted at London City Airport.
The community organisation represented by solicitors at Friends of the Earth’s Rights & Justice Centre, Fight The Flights, claimed that the Newham Council didn’t consult with local residents before permitting the number of yearly flights to increase to nearly double from 73,000 to 120,000.
Fight The Flights also highlighted Newham Council’s failure to consider the UK Government’s commitment to reduce aircraft emissions to under 2005 levels by 2050.
The Fight The Flights legal campaign is timed to coincide with the launch of a twice-daily transatlantic business flight service by British Airway linking London City Airport to New York city.
Fight The Flights’ campaigner Anne-Marie Griffin said that increasing the amount of flights in and out of London City Airport is wrong. She said the move will make the levels of carbon emissions jump and add to the ill-health of local residents who are already tackling noise disturbance and poor air quality.
Friends of the Earth’s official Phil Michaels said Mayor Boris Johnson’s priorities should include helping London boroughs improve their neighbourhood economies keeping in mind the benefit of both the citizens and the environment.
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