Today the governments Dept for Transport announced effectively a non-decision on night flights.

They’ve extended the current regime by three years keeping the terribly life destroying night flight regime in place. Evidence has shown the detrimental costs of hundred of thousands of disturbed nights sleep far out way the tiny benefit of continuing to allow night flights into Heathrow. The excuse of doing this fence sitting has been given of waiting for the Airports Commission to produce its report. But banning night flights would have made the landscape clearer for this commission. It’s clear that the agenda still includes the possibility of more night flights.

The joys of coalition governments where one political party, the conservatives, heads have been turned by the airline industry. Thankfully the Lib Dems in government have at least ensured things haven’t been made worse.

Please do join HACAN (Heathrow Action Campaign Against Noise) to fight against the insanity of night flights.