Transport

Coverage

Labour is right to strike a note of caution over HS2

David Pendlebury writes for the New Statesman

David Pendlebury

21 September 2023

Videos

Bigger airports: don't believe the hype

Bigger airports and more flights aren't good for the economy or ordinary families.

19 July 2023

Press Releases

Boom in air travel fails to increase UK productivity or GDP growth

Aviation industry and government claims in doubt as peer-reviewed report finds sector has some of the lowest job and value creation potential

17 July 2023

Press Releases

Air transport workers see biggest fall in wages of any UK sector since 2008 financial crisis

Average weekly real pay across the sector has fallen by a third in the last 15 years

17 July 2023

Publications

Losing altitude

The economics of air transport in Great Britain

Alex Chapman

17 July 2023

Videos

Aggressive aviation

Aviation industry political lobbying is a threat to us all

25 May 2023

Press Releases

Carbon emissions from fuel duty freeze equivalent to putting extra 2m cars on the road

The richest 10% households will benefit three times as much from the tax cuts as the poorest 10%

20 March 2023

Blog

Driving us round the bend: another fuel duty freeze

Fuel duty has been frozen for the 13th year in a row. When will the government abandon this regressive, environmentally damaging policy?

Alex Chapman

20 March 2023

Blog

The Jet Zero strategy is an abdication of responsibility to the planet and future generations

Drawing a downward slanting line on a piece of paper and crossing your fingers is not a ‘strategy’

Alex Chapman

28 July 2022

Blog

On a wing and a prayer

Five ways the government’s irresponsible plans for aviation are putting us all at risk

Alex Chapman

25 April 2022

Blog

Stop airport expansions

Help us support local communities fighting high-carbon expansions

Alex Chapman

22 April 2022

Coverage

Fuel price cuts in the UK will largely benefit the SUV-driving elite

Alex Chapman writes for the Guardian

Alex Chapman

22 March 2022

Press Releases

Public to foot £62bn bill for climate damage from airport expansions

Aviation industry will only pay for 16% of the emissions clean-up costs of UK airport expansions

27 January 2022

Blog

The £62bn carbon giveaway

Aviation industry will only pay for 16% of climate damage from eight ongoing airport expansion projects

Alex Chapman

27 January 2022

Blog

Up in the air

Our consumer choices, from buying less tobacco to more diesel, are shaped by government policy. What if we applied it to air travel?

Alex Chapman

12 July 2021

Publications

A Frequent Flyer Levy

Sharing aviation's carbon budget in a net-zero world

Alex Chapman, Leo Murray, Griffin Carpenter, Christiane Heisse, Lydia Prieg

10 July 2021

Press Releases

A charge on frequent flyers would make post-pandemic holidays cheaper for UK’s poorest households

A new Frequent Flier Levy would raise £5bn a year, help the UK reach its 2050 climate target, and make flying fairer

10 July 2021

Press Releases

Climate impact of airport expansions will be up to eight times worse than previously claimed

Expansion proposals from Bristol, Leeds Bradford, Southampton and Stansted airports have ignored up to £13.4bn worth of damage to the climate

21 May 2021

All

Labour is right to strike a note of caution over HS2

Bigger airports: don't believe the hype

Boom in air travel fails to increase UK productivity or GDP growth

Air transport workers see biggest fall in wages of any UK sector since 2008 financial crisis

Losing altitude

Aggressive aviation

Carbon emissions from fuel duty freeze equivalent to putting extra 2m cars on the road

Driving us round the bend: another fuel duty freeze

The Jet Zero strategy is an abdication of responsibility to the planet and future generations

On a wing and a prayer

Stop airport expansions

Fuel price cuts in the UK will largely benefit the SUV-driving elite

Public to foot £62bn bill for climate damage from airport expansions

The £62bn carbon giveaway

Up in the air

A Frequent Flyer Levy

A charge on frequent flyers would make post-pandemic holidays cheaper for UK’s poorest households

Climate impact of airport expansions will be up to eight times worse than previously claimed

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