LBA’s night flights are a nightmare for people in Leeds and beyond. Aircraft noise disturbs sleep, causing high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and is linked to some cancers. It is even linked to deaths. That's why night flying is highly regulated.
Leeds City Council is supposed to impose extremely strict quotas on how many flights LBA can fly during night-time hours.
It’s bad enough that the people have to put up with ANY night flights at all. But even worse that, for four years running, LBA has chosen to ignore the council’s night flight cap and has operated hundreds more flights than it is allowed. Almost 2000 extra flights so far!
The only reason that anyone is even aware of LBA breaching the rules is because GALBA has invested a huge amount of time and funds to monitoring these flights, reporting them to Leeds City Council and employing a top legal team to hold the airport to account.
We have consistently held the airport, and the council, to account – making them take responsibility for the health of local people and the planet.
LBA has a master plan to expand from 4 million to 7 million passengers a year. It can only achieve that by trying to get rid of crucial parts of the night flying regulations and operating hundreds more flights.
We’re not going to let them get away with it. GALBA scored a major victory against the airport’s expansion ambitions – by successfully contesting its attempts to change the night flight regulation framework.
Leeds Bradford Airport is big enough already