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 comparable actions at different European airports had been foiled by authorities.
Cologne-Bonn airport, Germany’s sixth-largest, mentioned it had resumed operations in the course of the morning after halting all flights shortly earlier than 6am.
The marketing campaign group Final Technology mentioned on X that it had blocked air site visitors on the airport, and revealed photos of a number of activists with their palms glued to the runway.
The group, which desires the German authorities to pursue a world settlement to exit oil, fuel and coal by 2030, listed a number of nations throughout Europe and North America the place comparable airport disruptions had been deliberate on Wednesday.
Authorities mentioned individually that activists’ makes an attempt to disrupt airports in London, Vienna, Oslo and Zurich had been foiled, and no main air site visitors delays had been reported there.
Nonetheless, Final Technology activist Ronja Kuenkler advised media after the Cologne protest: “At the moment was just the start. Over the subsequent few weeks we’ll repeat this in Germany, Europe and all over the world.”
She declined to say whether or not the Paris Olympics, beginning on Friday, may very well be focused.