Post: Climate Activists Disrupt Cargo Flights at German Airport

Cargo flight operations were halted for about three hours at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport in the early hours of Thursday due to a protest by climate activists. Some of the demonstrators glued themselves to the ground in the airport's southern area, a police spokesperson said, adding that a helicopter is currently searching the area for further activists. As a result of the action, cargo flight operations were halted for about three hours after midnight, an airport spokesperson said. One of the two runways has since been cleared for use, but there may be delays to passenger flights due to the ongoing police operation, he added. Leipzig/Halle Airport is the fourth largest air freight hub in Europe, handling some 1.4 million tons of freight annually, according to its website. Last Generation, the climate group, said the protest aimed to send a message against the increasing air traffic, the planned expansion of airport capacity, and the lack of a government plan to quickly phase out fossil fuels. Last we ek, climate demonstrators disrupted air traffic at Frankfurt Airport and Cologne Bonn Airport. Source: Qatar News Agency