Flight Free UK
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Could you take the flight free challenge? Visit our website for information, inspiration and to make your #FlightFree2026 pledge: www.flightfree.co.uk
🏴 New Air Departure Tax starts April 2027 🏴 Higher Private Jet Supplement from April 2028 - targeting the most polluting passengers 🌏️ 💚 Trains already deliver way lower emissions without extra taxes💚 🌏️
Air Departure Tax
Highlands and Islands exemptions set out.
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Back in January @Karennedwards.bsky.social highlighted the awesomeness that is the Caledonian sleeper - wake up rested, refreshed and in bonnie Scotland 🏴 Check out her flight free tips 🌏️ 💚 #VisitScotland #SustainabilityMatters #FlightFree
How to finally go flight-free in 2026: A practical, actionable guide
Make this the year you ditch flying and embrace overland travel
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Show us YOUR Scotland - reached by foot 🥾 , by rail🚆 or wheel🚲️ Drop your photo below 👇️ - All flight free adventures welcome here 💚 🏴 #VisitScotland #ThisIsScotland #ExploreScotland #TravelPhotography
Next up on Scotland takeover day...🏴 Way back in 2020 we gave you this post and everything we said then, is still true now! Ditch the flights. Take your time. Discover just how much magic you can find North of the border. 🌏️ 💚 #ReduceAirPollution #TravelInspiration #VisitScotland
Destination: Scotland
Bonny Scotland is bursting with treasures, and being right on the doorstep it’s an obvious flight-free destination. Why holiday anywhere else?
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ScotRail just SMASHED records: Over 2.1 million passenger flights in ONE week! More of us are ditching flights for rails and we're totally here for it! To celebrate this, today the spotlight is on Scotland, it was made for slow travel 💚 🏴 #NoFlying #TravelByTrain #FlightFree
ScotRail sets record with 2.1 million passenger journeys in single week | RailBusinessDaily
ScotRail has set a record for passenger journeys in a single week with more than 2.1 million made between Sunday, 26 July and Saturday, 1 August. The ScotRail has set a record for passenger journeys…
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Step in the wrong direction 😔 disappointing news indeed. #AirportExpansions
The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterdayGatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails
Wow, charging parents extra just to sit next to their own children? That's one 'extra cost' you'll never see on a train 🤨 #FlightFreeWorld #FlightFreeMovement
Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with children
The UK's competition regulator is investigating the airline over charges it imposes on parents to sit next to their child.
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With the summer holidays in full swing, it's worth giving our blog a re-visit 🌏️ 💚 Let's look after their world. #BetterNowThanNever #LookToTheFuture
How to travel with kids
Long train journeys with children don't have to be a challenge. Here are some insights from experienced family rail travellers as to why the train wins over the plane, and how to keep your young ones…
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Did any of your favourite destinations make the list? 🌎💚
Scenic Rail Britain@scenicrailbritain.bsky.social · last wk.We couldn't agree more! 📝⬇️ Few British holidays quite rival a scenic rail route that skirts the coast. This article from The Times celebrates six of those charming train journeys to the seaside - and nearly all are along #CommunityRail lines 🛤️ www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...
This is exactly what we love to see! Affordable, accessible train travel making flight free days out possible for everyone this Summer. 💚💚Perfect for families on a budget💚💚 www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Why take the plane? New independent research reveals that train travel gives you more time to use, is quicker and cheaper than flying | Rail Delivery Group News
Rail passengers save 71% on average once the full cost of flying, including transfers, baggage and airport charges, is factored in, a saving of £147 per journey. Rail passengers gain an average of...
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THIS THURSDAY it's our first Flight-Free Travellers Meet-Up, a chance to meet and swap flight-free travel stories in real life. If you're in or around London please come along. Drinks, food and chat, and a 'welcome' from Parke Wilde, US academic who's just crossed the Atlantic in a sailing ship ⛵
July meetup celebrating flight-free trans-Atlantic travel, Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup
A meet up in London for people interested in flight-free travel. Please join @flightfreeUK and @notjetset for a social event, pub night, and conversation about climate-fri
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"Does this kind of travel take longer than flying? Undoubtedly. Was it more expensive? I’m pretty sure it was, although probably not as much as you think. Was it more enjoyable? Wholeheartedly yes. Slow travel gives you so much more than air travel ever could." flightfree.co.uk/travel_artic...
London to Copenhagen
Flight Free UK director Anna Hughes discovers how rail travel can enrich a weekend trip to the Danish capital
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We have just started a Meet Up group for flight-free travellers. The idea is to have casual get-togethers at various times at various points around the UK, to swap stories about flight-free travel. First meet up London 30th July! www.meetup.com/london-viaje...
Flight Free Travellers | Meetup
For people passionate about travel and the climate. We are the flight-free travellers, people who avoid flying to keep emissions low and sense of adventure high. You don't have to be completely flight...
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A small win for common sense today! Reigning in the green washing of airlines, hellbent on selling us the idea of 'Sustainable' Aviation Fuel... Court bars Lufthansa from using certain CO2 claim in advertising | share.google/mLIN7t5gyU6P...
Court bars Lufthansa from using certain CO2 claim in advertising
Lufthansa has suffered another courtroom defeat and may no longer promote environmentally friendly flying with certain statements. The airline may no longer entice customers by saying they can reduce....
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Airlines have put on more flights and routes to facilitate fans getting to world cup matches. They increase flights... where there's demand. Don't ever think our choices don't have an impact!
Is your school closed today? 🥵 Help avoid future closures by signing up for Flight Free Schools: flightfree.co.uk/flight_free_... Flight Free Schools: For Future's Sake 🏫
Flight Free Schools | Flight Free UK
Flight Free Schools is a scheme that helps schools reduce or remove the use of air travel for school trips
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The argument for Heathrow expansion has utterly fallen apart. The government must scrap plans now. #StopHeathrowExpansion #NoThirdRunway #climatebreakdown www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Heathrow third runway GDP yield may be 90% less than previous estimates
Department for Transport analysis suggests tiny economic boost would be outweighed by up to £62.5bn in trade-offs
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ICYMI the Flight Free Travel Surgery is now available to watch on Youtube: youtu.be/qk2sqvqH6dU?... One hour of impressive knowledge from our expert panel: @seatsixtyone.bsky.social, @bywaytravel.bsky.social and Claire's Footsteps. Tune in and be inspired!
The Flight Free Travel Surgery 2026
YouTube video by Flight Free UK
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How does flying compare to other transport modes? We explain in this Substack post 👇 open.substack.com/pub/flightfr...
How does flying compare?
Is avoiding flying always the greenest option? What about the pollution created by ferries or driving? We take a look at the figures.
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Last chance to sign up to our online Flight Free Travel Surgery! Mark Smith, Claire Martin and Justin from Byway will give route advice, destination ideas and travelling tips in our online Q&A at MIDDAY! Grab your free tickets before it’s too late: tickettailor.com/events/flightfreeuk/1935330
A travel trend we can get behind! www.dailymail.com/travel/artic...
Rise of UK micro staycations 'ten minutes from home'
Mum-of-two Rebecca Humphrey, 33, from Staffordshire frequently loads up the familly's caravan, only for them to get out ten minutes later having arrived at their weekend destination.
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Our online Flight Free Travel Surgery is this week! Three experts will guide you through land and sea to your next travel destination in our Q&A. Seasoned non-flyers and newbies welcome! See you on Weds at midday. Free tickets here: tickettailor.com/events/flightfreeuk/1935330
If you want advice on how to make your flight-free dream trip a reality, sign up for our online Flight Free Travel Surgery and get the answers you are looking for! Join us on Weds 17th June at midday. Get your free tickets now! tickettailor.com/events/flightfreeuk/1935330
Select tickets – Flight-free travel surgery: your questions answered! – Zoom
Flight-free travel surgery: your questions answered! – Zoom, Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Planning a flight-free holiday? Want to travel without flying but don't know where to start? Back by popular demand, the…
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Parents charged extra to sit next to their children. Airlines market themselves as our friends, but all we are to them is 💲. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with their children
Budget airline describes inquiry as ‘bogus’ as watchdog says it is only large carrier flying from UK to impose charge
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One week until our *free* online event. Join us at midday on Wednesday 17th June from the comfort of your own home and test our experts with your flight-free travel questions! Grab your tickets for our travel surgery now: tickettailor.com/events/flightfreeuk/1935330
"We still want great opportunities for learning to happen, but it doesn't have to happen at the cost of the Earth." Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge quit flying – a hugely positive move for the school community and the climate. Watch the inspiring story here 🎦👀 youtu.be/W0dB38gBBig?...
Flight Free Schools case study: Hills Road Sixth Form College
YouTube video by Flight Free UK
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Been hearing a lot about these 6 hour delays in airports due to the new EU biometrics system. Thought we'd check the Eurostar... 🥹 #flightfree2026
