by Samie Blasingame | Aug 11, 2021 | Information
Let’s end them: Here’s why Opposition to air travel is growing rapidly due to its climate and public health impacts. Frequent flyer programmes (FFPs) – the most successful marketing scheme of all time[1] – have contributed to the airline industry’s growth and the...
by Samie Blasingame | Jul 13, 2021 | New reports
The French think-tank The Shift Project, in collaboration with an aeronautical engineers’ collective, has modelled the future of air transport on a global level and, more specifically, in France. Their conclusion is clear: neither the changes nor the technological...
by Magdalena Heuwieser | May 11, 2021 | Webinar
How do we envision a transition process that cares for the climate and the people whose livelihoods depend on aviation and tourism? How can this be done together with workers and trade unions, instead of against them? And what can we learn from the coal transition...
by Magdalena Heuwieser | Apr 1, 2021 | Position
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....
by Magdalena Heuwieser | Feb 8, 2021 | Press Release
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...
