s took off today, costing over £0,000 a ticket. 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, 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 emblazoned with "More Noise Pollution," "Global Warming Is Cool" and "Down With Polar Bears." The irony certainly wasn't lost on the powers that be, as I arrived to 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. It 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 better 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 to be 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 Government promises about a greener London, the facts really don't add up, as more and more planes are being forced down the runway. The aviation industry is also using biofuels as an excuse for airport expansion and flying in general, but in reality, the production of these fuels cause even more deforestation, hunger and global warming. One promise after another is broken and the local residents are forced to suffer at the hands of the airways industry. It is worth noting that some of these residents earn less in a year than it costs to have one of the car parking spots at the airport. With the average wage of people flying at London City Airport being in the region 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 that lands, 00 people have died or are suffering in London from the dangerous airborne particles released by the planes. As the first New York flight took off from the runway, a minute's silence was held by protestors to reflect on the suffering climate change is causing and the consequences that this new flight will have, not just on the global situation but on Londoners and local residents. Activists noted today that although the protestors had taken a light hearted and ironic take, they were there for a serious cause and "if [the airport] continues 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, a