Fight the Flights (London City Airport) Fight the Flights (London City Airport) Fight the Flights London City Airport is a residents campaign group opposed to expansion of London City Airport, which had put in a planning application to expand flights from 76,000 to 120,000. Newham Council's planning department controversially voted in favour to award London City Airport permission to expand. Residents are opposed to expansion due to increased aircraft noise which would see 1 flight every 90 seconds during peak times. Boris Johnson who is opposed to expansion of Heathrow saying it is in the wrong place, did not take action to stop expansion at London
S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport ("S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno aerodromas") , also known as Aleksotas Airport ("Aleksoto aerodromas"), is a small airport located in Aleksotas district of Kaunas City (Lithuania), about 3 kilometres South-west from city centre. On May 6, 1993, the airport was named after the Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas, who perished in a crash near the end of an attempted non-stop flight from New York to Lithuania in 1933. S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport was conceived as military airport, established by German Army in 1915, after