 it costs over £0,000 for the flight. As the airport makes so much noise for the local community, the protesters only felt it was right for the rich transatlantic commuters to get a taste of their own medicine. With a range of pots and pans, drums and loudspeakers the group aimed to raise awareness against the airport expansion and the carbon intensive flights. Donning bowler hats and pinstripe suits the activists held banners like "More noise pollution," "Global Warming is Cool" and "Down with Polar Bears." The irony certainly wasn't lost on the powers that be, I arrived with a huge police presence, they obviously didn't want anything to disrupt the departure and new campaign behind the BA flights. The MET or glorified security guards smugly watched fingering their cameras and looking through files on their database, seemed like they wanted a 0D intricate picture and analysis of everyone there, including the media, apparently everyone's under scrutiny now, that or the MET really don't have anything to do with their time. The commuters looked more disgruntled than wary of the message Fight The Flights were trying to put across, even advocating skype conference calls and internet meetings was met with little interests. However when the noise died down, passers by could be seen looking at some of the facts and figures behind the new flights. Loud-hailers were used to drive home the message that no matter what the London mayor and the government promises about a greener London, the facts really don't add up, more and more planes are being forced down the runway. One promise is broken after another and while the local residents are forced to suffer at the hands of the airways industry. Who worth noting, altogether earn less in a year than one of the car parking spots at the airport. With the average wage bracket of the people flying at London city Airport of 00 grand, it feels like communities that live under the flight paths need to be considered, not just the corporate elite. Flight for Flights have decreed that with every 00 seater flight lands 00 people have died or are suffering in London from the dangerous airborne particles released by the planes. Just as the first New York flight took off from the runway, we held a minutes silence to reflect on the suffering climate change is having and the consequences that this new flight will have, not just on the global situation but on Londoners and local residents. Activists noted that although the had taken a light hearted and ironic take on the protest they were there for a serious cause and "if [the airport] continue to expand, we will not go away." Today a group of activists went to London City airport to protest against the the expansion of flights from the airport. A new London to New York flight that only takes 00 people at a time, took off today, it costs over £0,000 for the flight. As the airport makes so much noise for the local community, the protesters only felt it was right for the rich transatlantic commuters to get a taste of their own medicine. With a range of pots and pans, drums and loudspeakers the group aimed to raise awareness against the airport expansion and the carbon intensive flights. Donning bowler hats and pinstripe suits the activists held banners like "More noise pollution," "Global Warming is Cool" and "Down with Polar Bears." The irony certainly wasn't lost on the powers that be, I arrived with a huge police presence, they obviously didn't want anything to disrupt the departure and new campaign behind the BA flights. The MET or glorified security guards smugly watched fingering their cameras and looking through files on their database, seemed like they wanted a 0D intricate picture and analysis of everyone there, including the media, apparently everyone's under scrutiny now, that or the MET really don't have anything to do with their time. The commuters looked more disgruntled than wary of the message Fight The Flights were trying to put across, even advocating skype conference calls and internet meetings was met with little interests. However when the noise died down, passers by could be seen looking at some of the facts and figures behind the new flights. Loud-hailers were used to drive home the message that no matter what the London mayor and the government promises about a greener London, the facts really don't add up, more and more planes are being forced down the runway. One promise is broken after another and while the local residents are forced to suffer at the hands of the airways industry. Who worth noting, altogether earn less in a year than one of the car parking spots at the airport. With the average wage bracket of the people flying at London city Airport of 00 grand, it feels like communities that live under the flight paths need to be considered, not just the corporate elite. Flight for Flights have decreed that with every 00 seater flight lands 00 people have died or are suffering in London from the dangerous airborne particles released by the planes. Just as the first New York flight took off from the runway, we held a minutes silence to reflect on the suffering climate change is having and the consequences that this new flight will have, not just on the global situation but on Londoners and local residents. Activists noted that although the had taken a light hearted and ironic take on the protest they were there for a serious cause and "if [the airport] continue to expand, we will not go away." Today a group of activists went to London City airport to protest against the the expansion of flights from the airport. A new London to New York flight that only takes 00 people at a time, w