Publicity & Politics News

Below are links to stories on protests, publicity events and other aviation stories that have hit the news.

 

Climate protesters ‘close’ Biggin Hill Airport’

A group of climate change protesters claim to have shut down Biggin Hill Airport by chaining themselves to the entrance gate. The group of about 15 people were protesting against the growth in the number of people using private jets as opposed to scheduled flights. Meanwhile, about 20 protesters at Farnborough airport in Hampshire - another private jet hub - blockaded the gate for around two-and-a-half hours. (UK Airport News)

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Heathrow protesters target Airbus

(13.8.2007 BBC) Climate change protesters banned from campaigning at Heathrow Airport have taken their demonstration to the Airbus Superjumbo factory in north Wales. Six campaigners boarded a barge carrying a wing from the company's plant in Broughton, Flintshire.

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Why can’t the WI protest against these bullies that run our airports?

Twitchers, Women's Institute stalwarts, even the Prince of Wales could face arrest due to an extraordinary court case. BAA, which owns Heathrow, has brought in legal heavies to stop a group called Airport Watch from protesting against a third runway.

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Climate Camp welcome, say Heathrow villages

Climate Camp tonight set out their stall at the Sipson Community Centre, only yards from the noise and the hell that is Heathrow. It was standing room only in a packed hall as activists, local organisers and their MP combined to receive a unanimous welcome. They spoke with a common thread. Climate Camp was not about bringing violence nor aggression, Climate Camp was a community for whom the penny had dropped - they realised that the future of mankind depended on the decisions made by this generation.

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West London residents halt traffic outside DfT Headquarters

West London residents protesting about plans to expand Heathrow dramatically stopped traffic outside the Department for Transport (DfT) offices in Central London before attempting an invasion of the building. They carried a bed - containing 2 figures symbolising the close relationship between BAA and the DfT under the slogan "DfT in bed with BAA" - along Marsham Street to the DfT.

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Greenpeace targets UK airports with climate ticket exchanges

Greenpeace campaigners handed out free train tickets to UK air travellers while pilots urged them to stop feeling guilty. Greenpeace set up booths at London City, Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh airports on Tuesday where travellers on British Airways domestic flights could swap the return section of their plane ticket for a train ticket.

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Climate activists glued to doors at East Midlands airport

On the afternoon of Saturday 16th June, climate campaigners glued themselves to the doors of the short-haul East Midlands airport to draw attention to the environmental impacts of flying as part of a European day of action on short-haul flights called by pressure group Airport Watch.

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Big Ben to the Eiffel tower – could Eurostar beat a plane?

HACAN ClearSkies, and NoTRAG - the two airport campaign groups at Heathrow airport - staged a race on Saturday 16th June, to see if Eurostar passengers could beat the plane. Did the train have a chance? The racers set off, in the full glare of the TV cameras, from Westminster as Big Ben struck 11 o’clock. The train people settled comfortably in their seats and left Waterloo on time just after midday.

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Climate activist glues herself to door of Lastminute.com

An environmental activist was so enraged that lastminute.com continue to push 'short haul' flights whilst knowing the damage they do to the climate, that she super-glued herself to the front door of the company's Victoria HQ. At 8am this morning, Penny Eastwood - a member of climate action group, Plane Stupid, pasted superglue over her hands and glued herself to the front doors of the building.

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Sir Monty urges Britain to vote for climate change in the local elections

Sir Montgomery Cecil, Aviator and Chairman of Spurt, used a series of advertisements in the national press to urge the great British public to vote Labour in this week's local elections. Enjoy Sir Monty's voting advice, as seen in Unlimited Spurt's adverts by Enough's Enough

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