FRANKFURT: Germany’s Cologne-Bonn airport suspended flights for a number of hours on Wednesday (Jul 24) after local weather activists glued themselves to a runway, whereas related actions at different European airports had been foiled by authorities.
Cologne-Bonn airport, Germany’s sixth-largest, stated it had resumed operations in the course of the morning after halting all flights shortly earlier than 6am.
The marketing campaign group Final Technology stated on X that it had blocked air visitors on the airport, and revealed footage of a number of activists with their fingers glued to the runway.
The group, which desires the German authorities to pursue a worldwide settlement to exit oil, fuel and coal by 2030, listed a number of nations throughout Europe and North America the place related airport disruptions had been deliberate on Wednesday.
Authorities stated individually that activists’ makes an attempt to disrupt airports in London, Vienna, Oslo and Zurich had been foiled, and no main air visitors delays had been reported there.
Nonetheless, Final Technology activist Ronja Kuenkler informed media after the Cologne protest: “Right this moment was just the start. Over the following few weeks we’ll repeat this in Germany, Europe and around the globe.”
She declined to say whether or not the Paris Olympics, beginning on Friday, might be focused.