No Night Flights blog

Some thought-provoking entertainment for you - your end of year examination paper, specialist subject: "The orchestration of mass de...

KCC + KLM + KIA = WTF KCC have now admitted they're slinging £100k of public money at a billion dollar multi-national.  bit.ly/Y3G4rx

Manston and Prestwick would be easier to sell... if they weren't airports. So Infratil is putting the word out that they're prepared...

Yes, folks - it's that once a year opportunity to say what you mean... bit.ly/Vn0jod

Every now and then Charles Buchanan reports to KIACC (the airport's consultative committee). These reports are usually a rattling good r...

After years of fanciful forecasts, missed targets and false hopes, this may be Infratil's legacy - a minimal passenger service that onl...

"Perhaps if I was your neighbour and you had to have an ambulance at 3am I would stop it due to the noise from the sirens."  bit.l...

The AWP may be prepared to shoot itself in the foot, but it's not preparing for much else. Cllr Gideon concluded yesterday that this i...

Infratil is selling Manston, but wants to buy Stansted. Why? bit.ly/UHOR4g

TDC listened, and said "No" - will Mr Buchanan get the message? bit.ly/Lw6S0I

... tell your Councillor what really matters: you and yours and your quality of life.   bit.ly/KYtJT7

No matter how many times you say it, it's still true - Manston's in the wrong place... bit.ly/LmJBuD

The unutterable shambles of the recent AWP meeting has given cause for complaint. A fully-fledged formal foot-stamping has landed with a thu...

Like pushing your own face into a bacon slicer. Slowly. It was shambolic to a degree I would once have found shocking...  bit.ly/HSa7R6

73% of voters said "No" to night flights. Next question: what will the councillors say?  bit.ly/Hb4UgQ

This MIGHT be the leaked Risk Register. Or not. A bit off-topic, I know, but might be of interest if you care about the NHS...  bit.ly/GSo...

Well, the results are in for Canterbury district, and the answer is a clear "No" to night flights. bit.ly/nahqEG

OK folks, let's get a grip before hysteria takes hold. The latest PR drivel is that BAWC are going to save the whole of south-east ...

Airport CEOs upbeat, and using very similar words to express their optimism...  bit.ly/x7SjkB

Delusion has finally been swept away by the onslaught of reality and Infratil are throwing in the towel. This is clearly bad news for all ...

The already deprived residents of one of the poorest local authorities in England may soon be deprived of sleep, too — thanks to the inept...

Night flight blight triggers house price crash - down 7% in just 6 months... bit.ly/Amdnve

During a normal summer, when sitting quietly in our garden, we have to endure  endless circuits by empty planes to earn the airport some rev...

The consideration of granting permission for night time flights based on jobs must be dealt with on facts rather than hope... bit.ly/x9Og9V

The bus had real impact. Provided a great stationary billboard and pitch for us and welcoming people on, dishing out tea and biscuits etc ...

We'll be at Ramsgate Harbour for crowd scenes, photo opportunities and movie making at 11am and 12 noon - be there a few minutes early t...

Phew! Panic over. For a while there, it looked like the TDC Consultation machine was randomly rejecting emails without telling anyone... bi...

Buchanan says he's not asking for unlimited night flights. HE IS - that's exactly what he's asking for. And he wants there to be...

Where in Ramsgate can you hear the Tannoys at the port and the station?  bit.ly/zP5W78 I can hear the Tannoy system and noise of the shi...

Looking at the unutterable shambles surrounding Manston, I wonder how on earth this happened. Answer: GROUPTHINK bit.ly/xpuSUs

Manston's job forecasts are absurdly exaggerated, a cruel and selfish deception on the people of Thanet and east Kent. bit.ly/xcDLuu

Manston night flights consultation: your chance to make a difference - they cannot ignore a majority result. bit.ly/yR60p4

There are no heroes in this story - blame can be splashed in every direction. Conservative and Labour members (AND Officers, let us not fo...

TDC cannot choose whether or not to decide that this proposal requires planning permission. bit.ly/zEqeN3

This is what happens when a local council throws its weight into the fight against night flights, on behalf of the residents. bit.ly/y6qNll

Politics is the worst thing that ever happened to democracy, and I only realised this since getting involved in local community campaigns ...

The report that TDC commissioned is very critical of Manston's proposal. See the Readers Digest version at  bit.ly/zptwtR

TDC have got the report, but aren't going to publish it yet, the teasing little minxes...   bit.ly/xwIkDe

We wondered whether night flights would have made a difference to Flybe's decision to quit Manston. So we asked them. Had the lack o...

Quite the reverse in fact - the campaign group says night flights could actually damage Thanet’s economic growth... bit.ly/yuAeu4