"Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting." www.theguardian.com/environment/... No wonder airports are being expanded.

Two days left to sign a petition to stop airport expansion in the UK. It has over 10,000 signatures so the government will have to respond: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

The emissions of 100,000 extra flights a year can't be magicked away by so-called 'sustainable' aviation fuel. Yet somehow our politicians think we can still hit our climate targets at the same time as expanding airports. Our petition to stop airport expansion is still live 👇

14,000 jobs is not insignificant. But airports are not the only employers. We need an economy that is built on sustainable prosperity, not fossil fuels. (Oh, and on balance, airports take out more money from the economy than they bring in). www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/environ...

Disaster for the planet, for local residents and for wildlife as Gatwick second runway is approved. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

"Jobs won't vanish, they'll evolve."

Tomorrow evening we'll be discussing the hot topic of overtourism, and what we can do about it. Join us along with industry experts and travel writers to see what the solutions might be. 7pm, Zoom, and available to watch back afterwards. www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Petition has passed the threshold for a response: "Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK" The government will respond to this petition as it has 10000 signatures #PetitionAwaitingResponse

🥳 10,000 signatures! 🥳 THANK YOU to everyone who has signed and shared our petition. We are asking the government to stop all airport expansion across the UK, and now we'll get a government response. The petition closes next Wednesday - let's get as many signatures as possible before then!

"for large-scale offsetters in the airline industry, carbon credit purchases competed with financing internal decarbonisation measures." Which basically means that airlines use offsets to avoid having to genuinely reduce carbon emissions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A survey of leaders within the current SAF supply chain found that: “The SAF system, from the value chain through to its regulatory and policy frameworks, isn’t interconnected or collaborative enough at present to respond to the challenge”. 1/2 greenairnews.com?p=7972

Fewer than 100 signatures needed on our petition to stop airport expansion 🙌 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... We are nearly at the 10,000 required for a government response. Thanks everyone who has signed and shared so far. Keep it going!

How can flying be less polluting? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @aliceclimate.bsky.social and others discuss this seemingly un-solvable question in the latest episode of Rethink from BBC Radio 4.

All you need to know about Sustainable Aircraft Fuels (SAF): It's greenwash and a delaying tactic. Flying is not sustainable. Flying is not compatible with a habitable Earth. From @bloomberg.com

"The fight for racial justice, for climate justice and for economic justice is one and the same." ✊

Our latest travel story features Anne's journey from Liverpool to Assisi, including a few useful tips for travelling as a senior (including a cheaper Interrail pass! 🙌) flightfree.co.uk/travel_artic...

The reality of airport expansion is that most of the flights will be taken by well-off people who already fly a lot, not 'ordinary families' taking their one holiday a year (as politicians want you to believe). Well-expressed by @zackpolanski.bsky.social 👇 www.standard.co.uk/comment/heat...

Just 500 signatures needed on this for a government response. We already know what it's going to say ("don't worry, we've got it covered with SAF and fairy dust"), but it's still vital to tell our politicians we don't want airport expansion. Sign and share 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Well over 9,000 signatures on our petition to stop airport expansion. Can you help us reach 10k? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Avoid “disorganised and confusing layout” and “overpriced food and drink options” by steering clear of airports. Train for the win! 💪 aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/uk-best...

Politicians and airlines will tell you that airport expansion is good for the economy. But is it? Airports take more money out of the UK than they bring in. Sign the petition to stop airport expansion: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Even from the north of the UK, travelling by train can be quicker and easier than flying. Harrie spent 26hrs travelling between Nimes and Fort William – which sounds like a lot, until you compare it to a flight from Glasgow to Nimes which involves staying in Brussels airport for 24 hrs 😳

Had a flash flood last night here in Sydney. My studio apartment was flooded by about 3 inches of water. Flash flooding is becoming more common and intense in Sydney due to climate change. This needs to be reiterated. And yes we are one of (if not the) most expensive housing markets in the world.

Climate change kills. People are dying right now because of the climate crisis. In that context we have to question very carefully whether it's appropriate to still be flying on holiday. It sounds extreme, but that's because it is! Climate change is an extreme threat.

𝗜𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞’𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀? ✈️ Aviation is already among the most carbon polluting sectors of the UK economy and one of the most challenging to clean up 🧵

ICYMI: "Aviation now contributes a greater share of total UK emissions than the entire electricity supply sector. Continued emissions growth in this sector could put future targets at risk." ...said the Climate Change Committee (CCC) in their 2025 progress report www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

"Leaders across the political spectrum are protecting the fossil-fuel status quo at the very moment scientists warn we need rapid, transformative change." theconversation.com/politicians-...

We are doing so well with this petition: just over 1000 signatures to go until we reach the threshold for a government response. Thanks everyone who has supported the petition so far. Can you help us reach 10k? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

There's also a sale on Eurostar tickets at the moment too: www.eurostar.com/uk-en/find-l... Understandably most of the weekend ones have gone now, but there might be something there!

We are now just 1,140 signatures away from reaching the 10k target. Thanks so much for signing and sharing – please keep on pushing! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

20% off Interrail passes RIGHT NOW! Sale ends today – book now and travel within 11 months. This is THE BEST way to keep your holiday costs down, so don't miss out! 🤩🤩🤩 www.interrail.eu/en/interrail...

Update: our tourism event has been re-scheduled for next week, and will now be on Thursday 18th September. All booked tickets are still valid 👍 Please do join in the discussion then! www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will increase capacity by more than 60%. This means more noise, more air pollution and more emissions, when we should be doing *everything we can* to reduce emissions. Sign the petition:

Our amazing Communications Officer is moving on – if you want to join our inspiring campaign and run the social media presence of Flight Free UK, take a look and apply! environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/107318-...

"Changing what we demand and how we live could reduce global emissions by 40–70%" This is why we encourage individual behaviour change – not in place of system change and government action, but as a vital part of it. Take the Flight Free Challenge today: flightfree.co.uk#take-the-cha...

"At 10,000 signatures, government will respond to this petition." Getting there... petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

This is GREAT. It makes no sense to fly to the slopes when flight emissions cause snow to melt. Make your next ski holiday a flight-free one (@skipedia.bsky.social can show you how) ⛷️

Our next event is nearly here! We're looking at the positives and negatives of tourism, and asking if we can still continue to travel without harming communities and the planet? Thursday 11th September, 7pm, online. Register now for your free ticket: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

It's not just the increased noise, air pollution and emissions: airport expansion has a terrible impact on wildlife. Help us tell the government not to expand airports: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Tourism can bring economic benefits but also prices locals out of homes. How do we travel and see the world without harming the places we are going? We will be discussing this in our next online event at 7pm on Thursday. Register for your free place now:

Airport expansion is bad for the economy, bad for local communities and bad for the climate. Help us tell the government not to expand airports: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... and hear from some of the local people affected by expansion in our video: youtu.be/NrlnwSgD33c?...

Join us for our next online event on Thursday, where we discuss the problems with over-tourism: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh... Can we continue to travel without harming communities and the planet? 🗓️ 11th September 📍 Online (Zoom) ⏱️ 7pm

Expanding airports should not be a priority. More people want to see investment in rail. Help us tell the government not to expand airports! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... We have until 24th Sept to reach 10k sigs. Pls sign and share!

Time to stop flying folks.

Please sign and share

We need 1,679 more signatures for this to be sent to the government 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Now 8,260 🙌 Please help us reach 10,000 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

A forest twice the size of Greater London would be needed to cancel out the extra emissions resulting from the Gov't's plans to allow the expansion of Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-... If you want our Gov't to stop fuelling #ClimateBreakdown, please sign this petition.

“Sustainable” aviation fuels are often promoted as the answer to aviation’s decarbonisation problem, but they are not a magic bullet. Here we summarise 6 reasons why SAF won’t be sufficient to mitigate increased emissions from airport expansion. 1/8 www.aef.org.uk/2025/09/04/h...

If a country is boycotting fossil fuels from autocratic sellers on ethical grounds, then they should also be boycotting fossil fuels altogether, for ethical grounds burning a barrel of oil causes far more damage to human life and to democracy than buying the stuff from demagogues archive.ph/nCdn7