08 September 2024,   03:30
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Frankfurt flights cancelled after climate activists protest on runways

Flights at Germany’s busiest airport were temporarily suspended on Thursday when climate activists glued themselves to the tarmac, with more than 100 flights cancelled, writes Euronews.

Federal police reported that several demonstrators entered the airport early in the morning.

Climate activist group Last Generation said that six protesters cut through the perimeter fence at Frankfurt Airport and approached the runways by foot, bicycle and skateboard. Flight operations began “gradually resuming” shortly before 8am and the airport announced on X that all runways were back in operation shortly after.

Around 140 flights, approximately one-tenth of the scheduled flights for Thursday, were cancelled. The incident was the second consecutive day of protests by Last Generation. Yesterday they took to the runways at Cologne-Bonn, Barcelona, Helsinki and Oslo airports.

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