U-Turn On Night Flight Increases

This is Hertfordshire reports on the government's Civil Aviation Bill which was passed without a suggested clause which would potentially allow more night flights into Heathrow. Martin Linton is quoted as saying that it's not the number of flights that people should be concerned with but, rather, the amount of noise. He said:

I have always pressed for a complete ban on night flights into Heathrow or, failing that, a reduction in the permitted noise levels until everyone can sleep through the night.

This Government is committed to coming down on aircraft noise and the most effective way of doing that is to freeze numbers and reduce noise limits.

To portray this Government concession as a victory in the battle against aircraft noise is nonsense.

All they have done is to remove the power to define limits in terms of noise.