Monday 11 April 2011

Night Flights

by Peter Campbell



Labour will support the development of Manston Airport but will always be mindful of the impact on residents and the environment. To this end we will implement a policy of no flights during the hours of 23:00 to 07:00, except emergency landings and humanitarian flights.

We will work with the airport operators to ensure that a newly negotiated 106 agreement is properly adhered to, and also ensure that the council, once again, takes its own responsibility to enforce that agreement.

Labour is always mindful of the need for jobs within our community. However we have simply not been convinced that the economic argument has been made for night flights, particularly when the airport is so underused during the day. 

2 comments:

  1. At last a sensible policy from a political party Hooray!

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  2. Never voted Labour before but given my feelings about night flights you have my vote this time. But I will be watching you stick to your statement on this issue AFTER the election.

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