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Could you take the flight free challenge? Visit our website for information, inspiration and to make your #FlightFree2025 pledge: flightfree.co.uk
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Sep 8, 2025
    Flight Free UK is on Bluesky – come and find us there! bsky.app/profile/flight…
    Image says, come and join us on Bluesky. Thank you for following us on Twitter and for helping us to build a community of people who are taking action for the climate.

In November 2024 we started posting from Bluesky as we didn’t feel comfortable with the direction that this platform is taking.

But our absence from X won’t stop misinformation or climate denial, neither will it allow us to speak to the audience that we have worked hard to build.

So we will continue to post on X, in order to reach as wide an audience as possible with our message of climate action. 

All of our posts are duplicated on Bluesky, so if you join the X-odus (which we fully support!), you can find us there! @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Oct 22, 2022
    We were at St Pancras today saying “thank you for not flying” to everyone waiting for the Eurostar 🙌
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Feb 25, 2024
    Spain is planning to ban domestic flights if there's a 2.5 hr rail link. Like in France, the proposal was originally more ambitious, to ban flights with a 4 hr rail alternative. But it's a start, and shows that politicians are considering the climate. euronews.com/green/2024/02/…
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Nov 8, 2023
    This is promising: Spain is proposing to ban flights with a 2.5 hour rail alternative, as France has. Like in France, the proposal has been watered down from 4 hours... but it's a start and shows that positive climate action is catching. euronews.com/green/2023/11/…
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Jan 23, 2023
    The irony of people wanting refunds on their flights because there's no snow for skiing... If the mountains aren't covered in snow in winter, it's probably a sign that we should be flying less. Credit @PrivateEyeNews
    Image is a cut out from Private Eye newspaper. Lots of cartoon planes are flying around, with a speech bubble saying, dammit, there's no snow for skiing? What rotten luck.
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Apr 17, 2023
    Private jets are between four and 15 times more polluting than commercial aircraft, and 50 times more polluting than trains. Is it time to ban private jets?
    Is it time to ban private jets?
    From bigissue.com
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Feb 28, 2023
    This is how a real leader travels, not by private jet between UK cities.
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    Ursula von der Leyen
    @vonderleyen
    Feb 27, 2023
    I’m glad to be in the UK today to meet with Prime Minister @RishiSunak. I’m looking forward to turning a page and opening a new chapter with our partner and friend.
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Nov 28, 2023
    Lots of hype around the Virgin Atlantic 100% SAF-fuelled flight today. The main thing this flight does is allow government and industry to pretend that we can continue to fly as much as we like with no harm to the environment. Here's the reality 🧵
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Mar 12, 2024
    It's no quicker to fly between London and Edinburgh than take the train, and the CO2 savings are immense: 165kg by air, 12.5kg by train. We're asking the UK gov to remove flight routes with a 4.5 hr train alternative. Please sign 👉 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6499…
    Image of the UK. Text says, did you know? London to Edinburgh is the UK's busies air route. Taking the train can cut your emissions by 92%.
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Oct 5, 2019
    The reality of biofuels👇 So often, people cite biofuels as the answer, but their development will only provide a licence to keep flying. Biofuel production is a major cause of deforestation. The unpopular answer is that we MUST fly less.
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    Arne Storrønningen
    @arnestor
    Oct 4, 2019
    New Report: "The aviation industry’s climate targets are likely to lead to a dramatic increase in demand for palm oil and soy for aviation biofuels" @RainforestNORW @AmazonWatch @RnfrstAlliance @FlightFree2020 #flygskam @IATA @icaoFangLIU @icao #PalmOil regnskog.no/en/news/aviati…
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Sep 21, 2022
    Did you know? Taking a train across Europe can save 91% on your emissions compared to a flight. So for that last sunshine holiday of the year, how about going by train? 😎
    Graphic shows a map of a train journey from London to Barcelona. Text says, Did you know? London to Barcelona is Europe's sixth-busiest air route. Taking the train can cut your emissions by 91%
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Jul 17, 2023
    Start by not taking a flight.
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    Good Morning Britain
    @GMB
    Jul 13, 2023
    Tourism bosses have said it may become too hot to have the peak holiday season in July and August. With Europe currently experiencing an extreme heatwave, officials in Spain say they're planning what measures they need to protect tourism from the effects of global warming.
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Nov 5, 2023
    Train travel in the UK is on average 6 times less polluting than flying, and on certain routes it's 13 times less polluting. That's why we're asking the government to remove air routes where there's a viable rail alternative. Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6499…
    Graphic shows a map of the UK with Edinburgh and London labelled. Text says did you know, London to Edinburgh is the UK's busiest air route. Taking the train can cut your emissions by 92%
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    Flight Free UK
    @FlightFreeUK
    Jun 21, 2024
    However you feel about the tactics, the message is sound: private jets are 40 times more polluting per passenger than commercial aircraft, and symbolise the huge inequality of the climate crisis, where the rich fly, and everyone else suffers.
    Just Stop Oil spray paint private jets and ‘target Taylor Swift’s plane’ at Stansted
    From independent.co.uk
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