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Flight cacophony ‘more annoying’ than road or rail and we are becoming increasingly sensitive to it, research finds The way aircraft noise is monitored in the UK “seriously underestimates” the disturbance...

The deadly coronavirus outbreak has come at the worst possible time for tourism operators in the middle of summer and the Chinese New Year, Queenstown’s mayor says. Chinese tourists accounted for...

Angry protests from residents in popular areas force city hall officials to take action Across Europe, historic cities are buckling. Mass tourism, encouraged by cash-hungry councils after the 2008 crash and...

Stansted Airport’s long-awaited expansion was dramatically blocked after the district council overturned a previous decision to green-light the plans. In an extraordinary planning committee meeting at Uttlesford District Council (UDC) on...

Amazon is the rumored tenant of a newly approved air cargo facility that working-class residents say would bring more dead end jobs and air pollution to their community. On December 30,...

If 2018 was the year of overtourism, 2019 was the year destinations fought back. Or, rather, vowed to do so. So how will 2020 shape up? From Amsterdam to Venice, in...

Though air travel is more popular than ever, the vast majority of people in the world have never been on a plane. As that dynamic slowly changes, the environment stands to...

The Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has appointed a new director to the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) Board of Directors. Queenstown resident Simon Flood was recommended as the successful applicant at...

Luton Airport want to build a second terminal which could majorly affect Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire’s County Council as well as other local boroughs and environmental groups have all hit out against the...

Pictured above: Passenger jets are parked at the Swiss Airforce base in Duebendorf, which is used by those travelling to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,...