The now scrapped plans for a third runway at Heathrow sparked fierce debate about
air travel. Anti-flying groups opposing the plans, mostly cited environmental concerns.
While many are concerned about the impact airport expansion will have, others worry that
restricting our freedom of movement is a backward step. Regular air travel has only
recently become affordable for most people, and critics argue there is a heavy dose of
snobbery in the dismissal of cheap flights. So is there more to the fight over flight than
concerns about carbon emissions? Is the freedom of flight now a necessity to be defended,
or a luxury we should sacrifice for the good of the planet? This Battle of Ideas debate
filmed by WORLDbytes volunteers is revealing.
