Climate activists blocked the runway at Munich airport

A group of activists from the environmental movement “Last Generation” has forced the temporary closure of Munich Airport at the beginning of the Whitsun Bridge after blocking one of the landing strips. Young people have jumped over the compound fence and reached the taxiway.

Airport spokesmen and federal police told the German newspaper that airport operations had been restored within a few hours. die welt, Initially the airport was completely closed due to security reasons, but after about two hours, one of the two runways occupied by the activists was able to become operational, followed by the other runway about an hour later. Nevertheless, 60 flights had to be canceled and many others faced delays, EFE reports. In total, about 1,000 flights were planned today.

According to the protest organization “Ultima Generation”, the action in Munich is part of a series of events that will take place in “places of injustice”. “Action will be taken where global warming is induced,” a statement from the group said. “The responsibility lies with the government. “Airlines receive millions in subsidies every year while trains and other public transport face cuts,” the group says.

The German newspaper reports that a group of eight people entered the airport complex from four different points of the fence at the same time. Two of them have been taken into custody there, but the rest of the workers have managed to reach the track. “These types of actions endanger air transportation and harm climate protection because they only create misinformation,” Interior Secretary Nancy Fesser said via her X account.

The climate change activist group has taken similar action at several German airports, including Berlin, Hamburg and Düsseldorf. They also blocked Munich Airport in December 2022.