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.
UK aviation groups come together in London
Written by Stephen Clarke (on behalf of BAAN - Bristol Airport Action Network). A gathering of more than 15 campaigning groups concerned with the growth of the aviation industry took place in London on April 21st, followed by a huge March Against Airport Expansion and...
EU’s New Law on ‘Sustainable Aviation Fuels’ Fails to Be Truly Sustainable
The new ReFuelEU law, part of the EU Fit for 55 package, was announced yesterday The Stay Grounded network fears this could lead to a massive demand for biomass and energy, competing with other sectors and leading to carbon colonialism The focus on 'Sustainable...
Re-imagining Tourism in a Future with Less Air Traffic: Summary of Webinar
Does aviation-driven tourism live up to its promise of delivering prosperity for both people and the planet? How did aviation and tourism become dependent on each other? What opportunities lie ahead for the tourism industry with a drastic reduction in air traffic?...
A Worker-Led Approach – Shaping the Future of Aviation: Summary of Webinar
In a world of climate crisis, it is essential to include workers’ voices in the necessary just transition of our society. Just recently, the European Transport Workers’ Federation published the report “Landing Desirable Jobs” arguing strongly for a long-term...
Victory! Schiphol Will Shut Down at Night
Originally published in Dutch by our member SchipholWatch, on 3rd of April 2023 The years-long battle against Schiphol's nuisance is beginning to bear fruits. Schiphol is going to shut down at night. This is what interim chief executive Ruud Sondag told the Algemeen...
Who Greases the Wheels of Deportation Flights?
Here we present a summary of Corporate Watch’s original post from 06 Jan 2023: Air Partner and Carlson Wagonlit are the grease spinning the wheels of the UK deportation machine through the Home Office and have been organising logistics for mass-deportation flights for...
20+ Actions against Private Jets
Love in Action: Climate Activists and Scientists Target Private Jets on Valentine's Day Today, several blockades of private jet terminals took place around the globe. Protestors call for a ban on private jets, the taxation of frequent flyers and that polluters pay for...
Stay Grounded in review: 2022 – A year of actions for reducing aviation
It is hard to put the many things that happened in our growing network in 2022 in a nutshell! But that being said, here comes our (surely incomplete) best attempt to give an overview over the activities and achievements of the past year. By our activities, we mean the...
Ryanair used misleading sustainability claims, says ACM NL
Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets requested Ryanair to change potentially false claims on sustainable flying, related to offsetting Important step in countering the aviation industry’s greenwashing attempts Vienna/Amsterdam, 25 January 2023 – After...
Climate activists block private jet airport used by WEF guests
The access to the private jet airport in Altenrhein Switzerland was blocked by Debt for Climate activists, preventing the transfer of attendees arriving in Davos for the World Economic Forum. Their demands: cancellation of all foreign debt of countries in the Global...