Leeds Bradford Airport expansion plans make little sense

I’ve just seen that Leeds Bradford Airport has asked the council for permission to expand. This is madness!

Air travel has just jet propelled coronavirus around the world, causing over 36,000 deaths in England alone. Aviation industry experts say it will be several years before air travel is trusted again. Fair enough. Who wants to risk their life getting on a crowded plane? And how many people will be able to afford it?

Allowing the airport to extend its flying hours now makes no sense whatsoever. Putting more planes into the sky means putting massive amounts of extra carbon into the atmosphere. That will make the next crisis – the climate crisis – even worse. This is a very good moment for the council to support jobs in safe and sustainable industries – not the airport.

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