CLYDEBANK campaigners are calling for Glasgow Airport bosses to end all nighttime flights which are making their lives a ‘living hell’ as they described the noise from planes as ‘horrendous'.

Whitecrook Area Noise Association (WANA) have demanded answers from the international airport chiefs over fears there will be further delay in the insulation of homes in the small Clydebank province which sits directly underneath the landing flightpath of aircraft.

The call comes as the group managed to secure a meeting with the airport to discuss what can be done to protect the health of Whitecrook residents, with the long-running saga between WANA and Glasgow Airport continuing unresolved up until now.

Joe Henry, who has been on the frontline of the campaign for over two decades, told the Clydebank Post the residents living underneath the flightpath are struggling to get a night’s sleep – particularly at this time of year.

He said: “We are looking for answers as to why the airport has not made any contact with West Dunbartonshire Council or ourselves with regard to the house insulation scheme that was promised to start this year.

Clydebank Post: Joe Henry has been a long time campaignerJoe Henry has been a long time campaigner (Image: Tom Grant)

Clydebank Post: The decibal levels for the area were over the WHO recommendation last monthThe decibal levels for the area were over the WHO recommendation last month (Image: Tom Grant)

“If they were serious about doing these house insulations for five hundred houses they would have made contact before now.

“This leaves us to believe they wish to delay yet again work that was meant to start in 2018.

“We are also requesting that they must bring to an end the nighttime flights as the noise is horrendous and is made worse by the fact that during the hot clammy nights, we need to open our windows for air, leaving us exposed to the full 80-decibel level of noise, which wakens us up and leaves us feeling tired the whole day.”

In 2019, before the Covid pandemic struck, airport bosses committed to spending £1 million to improve sound insulation and conditions for hundreds of homes in the area.

However, after the coronavirus restrictions had decimated air travel for nearly two years, in May last year, Glasgow Airport told the group they were shelving the original insulation plans in preference for a new scheme.

The new noise reduction plans were said to be implemented in 2023. However, the Post understands nothing has been set up as yet.

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A Glasgow Airport spokesperson said: “We understand that aircraft noise is an important issue for our neighbouring communities.

“It is important that we continue to balance the positive economic and social benefits our connectivity delivers for the region with some of the more adverse effects such as aircraft noise.

“We are currently in the process of developing a noise insulation policy that will help support those communities most affected.”

WANA recently met with Scottish Labour health spokesperson Jackie Baillie, who has also written to Glasgow Airport demanding talks about how the people of Whitecrook can be helped going forward.