Schiphol Airport’s new report demands a reduction of aviation
January 25th - Yesterday, Schiphol airport published new research, showing the need for a strong reduction of air traffic in order to halt climate heating. The airport proposes the ‘Polluter pays’ principle, with measures such as a worldwide kerosene tax and a tax for...
Stay Grounded in review: 2023 – A year of sustained momentum
2023 was a busy year, with lots of growth and momentum in the movement and within the Stay Grounded network. We saw our network grow - reaching 215 members! - and numerous inventive and impactful actions against private jets, aviation growth, and destructive tourism....
Mass civil disobedience at Belgium airports and protests against destructive mega projects in Mexico highlighting aviation as the pinnacle of climate injustice
Activists from across Europe took action at Liège Airport Hundreds of activists have been arrested in Antwerp after being targeted by police In Mexico, several actions are taking place against the new Tulum International Airport 16th December 2023: Today, supporters...
Code Rouge mass action against the aviation industry
This year, Code Rouge are setting their sights on aviation with their mass action, which will take place between Friday 15th and Sunday 17th December. The 'People Not Planes' mobilisation focuses on the climate injustice of the aviation industry and its determination...
100% so-called “SAF” flights called out for being distracting marketing gimmicks
For more information, contact Hannah Lawrence at Stay Grounded, (+43) 0670 550 09 34, [email protected] Tomorrow’s first transatlantic flight on 100% so-called “Sustainable Aviation Fuel” is not net zero It comes alongside airlines' greenwashing of flights at...
People’s struggle against the proposed international airport in Nepal
Blog post by Bhola Bhattarai (NAFAN - National Forum For Advocacy Nepal) Tangiya Basti is the proposed site for the Nijgadh International Airport. But people living in Tangiya are being kept in the dark about this project. More than two thousand households, especially...
Eindhoven Airport bans private jets
In another win in the Netherlands, Eindhoven Airport announced today that it intends to ban private jets from the airport from 2026, with the exclusion of electric aircraft. This is not perfect, given the announcement is neither legally binding nor inclusive of all...
Over 75 organisations urge policymakers to ban private jets
For more information, contact Sean Currie at Stay Grounded, +447961485850, [email protected] On Monday 2nd October, over 75 organisations issued an open letter calling on national and European policymakers to ban private jets and tax frequent flying. As the...
Privileged position: revealing the EU’s web of aviation subsidies
Subsidies offered to the aviation industry are what allow airlines to offer flights for €20 and continue their unfettered growth, by masking the true environmental and social cost of flying. For decades aviation growth in the EU has been fuelled by a very complicated...
“The aviation industry is killing us” – activists interrupt the World Aviation Festival
Blog post contributed by our member Climáximo. On 27 September 2023, supporters of Climáximo and Scientist Rebellion painted the façade of the Lisbon Exhibition and Congress Centre (FIL), where the "World Aviation Festival" was taking place. They also interrupted a...