News & Blog
In this section you find current information about the aviation industry and campaigns to counter aviation. You can see all articles of one category by clicking on the yellow button with the category’s name.
What we have learned after one year of aviation bailouts
Exactly one year ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, the first airlines sought state bailouts. Stay Grounded, together with 350 organisations worldwide, demanded to #SavePeopleNotPlanes: if bailouts are granted, they need strong environmental and social conditions....
Destination Degrowth – Ein gerechter Übergang vom Flugverkehr zur klimagerechten Mobilität
Seit Beginn der Corona-Pandemie ist der Flugverkehr am Boden. Seit vielen Jahren schon ist klar, dass Fliegen die klimaschädlichste und ungerechteste Form der Mobilität ist. Wie geht es nun weiter? Zurück zum business as usual oder ein Umschwenken in Richtung...
Lives over Profit – People over Planes
The last remaining families that resist an airport expansion, at Vila Nazaré, Porto Alegre, Brazil, are currently being cited to appear to online hearings concerning their dispossession. In spite of the extremely high Covid-19 cases in Porto Alegre, the families who...
10 bonnes raisons d’éviter de voler autant qu’avant le Covid
Release: Just Transition of Aviation Discussion Paper
London/Vienna - 8th of February 2021: Today, the UK trade union PCS and the global network Stay Grounded published together a paper entitled “A Rapid and Just Transition of Aviation - Shifting towards Climate-Just Mobility”. Tahir Latif, PCS Aviation Group President,...
This is your pilot speaking
This is your pilot speaking: brace for the greatest emergency of our lives Written by the pilot Dan Tipney It might seem hard to believe that just 17% of the global population have ever set foot on a commercial aircraft. However, no doubt like many who read this, for...
10 razones por las que volar como antes del Covid es una pésima idea
10 razones por las que volar como antes del Covid es una pésima idea
10 Reasons Why Flying Like Before Covid Is A Really Bad Idea
The pandemic reduced air traffic massively in 2020 and gave the climate a short breathing space. But if we overcome Covid next year, should we take off again? We say: No! Here’s why:1. Flights are very bad for your climate footprint. Taking one long-haul flight can...
Stay Grounded In Review: 2020 – The Year That Changed Everything?
This was a difficult year for everyone. The pandemic that took us all by surprise and caused so much pain, also grounded most flights. We look back on a special, difficult year, but one that was also full of advances and successes for our network. After the...