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.
Luxury Emissions – Why We Need to Cut Them
We know that not all forms of energy use and emissions are created equal. We also know that some of both are unavoidable for human subsistence. Yet, there’s a current paradox around what counts as wasteful uses of energy and what doesn’t. How is it possible that...
European Airlines Must Remove Qatari Jet Fuel From Supply Chains
Amidst worldwide scrutiny of Qatar’s poor human rights record during the football World Cup, a Stay Grounded briefing paper exposes European airlines’ deep financial connections to Qatar and other jet fuel exporting countries that still criminalise homosexuality,...
Solidarity against repression in San Gregorio Atlapulco, Xochimilco, Mexico
Statement expressing indignation and condemning the repression at San Gregorio Atlapulco, Xochimilco.
International actions at 11 private airports to demand a ban on private jets
Hundreds of activists, among them 129 scientists, blockaded 11 international private airports to demand a ban on private jets. 31 arrests all around the world. Global protest called for a ban on private jets and taxation of frequent flyers to fund climate adaptation...
Activists ground private jets at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport
Over 500 Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands activists have stopped private jets from taking off at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on November 5th. Activists cycled around the area where private jets are parked and blocked the aircraft. The protesters are...
AviAction: A stopover in Lille, towards the degrowth of aviation
Over 200 people met in October in Lille, northern France, for the second international conference of the Stay Grounded network. Faced with the climate crisis and the aviation industry’s ecocidal plans, they imagined joint actions to stop the expansion of airports,...
Swedish activists sentenced to prison for airport action
After walking onto the runway at Växjö Småland Airport in Sweden last October, Ella and Björn, two parents with young children are now sentenced to two months in prison. The disctrict court in Växjö found the activists guilty of entering the airport illegally. It is...
Climate activists announce international protests as UN aviation agency adopts insufficient climate target
© Photocredit: Julien Helaine International network of climate activists announce upcoming uprisings at airports protesting the sector’s insufficient climate plans Countering the ICAO assembly, Stay Grounded’s AviAction conference ends tomorrow with an action against...
Airports in Mexico: Paving the way for extractivist tourism & mega-projects
Airports in Mexico: paving the way for extractivist tourism and mega-projects The new report “Airports and Conflicts in Mexico” by Gustavo Castro (Otros Mundos, AC)/Stay Grounded offers a comprehensive analysis of the aviation sector in Mexico. It includes a...
Stay Grounded starting its action conference as UN aviation agency meets in Montreal
Activists from all over Europe and beyond are meeting in Lille, France. Actions to tackle air traffic are planned - the first on 8 October. Lille/Vienna/Montreal, 27 September 2022 – Starting today, the UN body for civil aviation is meeting in Montreal, Canada,...