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The government’s aircraft noise policies are ineffective, and little has been done to balance industry greed with environmental impacts. Aviation noise and emissions remain out of control.

The government’s Jet Zero “strategy” went for consultation last year. It flies in the face of advice from the Climate Change Committee and the IPCC. Our verdict: they are fiddling while Rome burns.

Luton Airport’s consultation on proposed changes to arrivals flight paths has now closed. The changes they want to make could have a serious noise impact on residents over a wide area, but our verdict is that they failed to explain it clearly.

Luton Airport’s operator has filed plans to take capacity beyond 18 million passengers, in breach of a planning condition.

Luton Airport’s pre-consultation on expansion by “only another million passengers” has now closed. Its real aim however is to break through the noise footprint limits and fly 50 more noisy planes per day than is permitted by planning regulations…