Stop New Runways

Over the past 15 years there have been successful campaigns against new runways and new airports in many parts of Europe. New runways have been stopped at Heathrow and Munich. New airports have been stopped at Nantes in France and at Siena and Vierbo in Italy. A new runway was built at Frankfurt but the protests were such the authorities were forced to introduce a ban on night flights for several hours each night. We describe the successful campaigns and look at the reasons why they were successful.