The Plane Truth

Find out what's wrong with aviation, and discover the economic, social and environmental impacts of our love affair with flying.

Aviation White Paper

In December 2003, the Government published its Aviation White Paper, setting out plans for the next 30 years of air transport - find out more...

Did you know...?

Aviation generates 600 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually - nearly as much as that from all human activities in Africa!

The aviation industry is being let off a staggering £9.2 billion worth of tax annually! This massive tax break could help to finance an environmentally friendly high-speed rail network.

That NO new runways would be needed in the UK if the aviation industry didn't receive these massive tax breaks.

If air travel continues to expand at the rate predicted we would need 4 more Heathrows by 2020.