Aviation is primarily a leisure industry – it’s not vital to the UK economy | Letter

Gatwick’s second runway is guaranteed to be a dangerous mistake, writes Roger Haydon Gatwick’s second runway ( Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails, 4 August ) is guaranteed to be a fundamental and dangerous mistake – as will be any airport expansion. Aviation wants to persuade us all into thinking it can be business as usual plus. But it can’t. In the face of accelerating climate change (the evidence is all around us) massively increasing planet heating emissions via yet more flights is surely insanity. What the aviation industry never really wants to talk about i