Climate activists occupied part of the runway at Geneva International Airport and forced airport authorities to briefly halt air traffic, Geneva Airport said. “Due to an incursion of people on the runway, air traffic is temporarily interrupted at Genève Aéroport,” said a tweet from the airport’s official account, before specifying a few minutes later that “it will gradually resume from 12:40 p.m.” .
“Toxic Objects”
Shortly before, climate activists had disrupted the business aviation salon that is located not far from the runways. Around 100 climate activists from Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate movement groups from 17 countries disrupted Europe’s largest private jet sales show, the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, demanding a ban on private planes. , underlines a press release from Greenpeace.
Images posted by activists on Twitter show members unfurling banners while sitting at the foot of the planes or blocking the entrance to the cabin. Protesters attached stickers to the planes that resemble warning messages on cigarette packs to “identify them as toxic items,” with slogans warning that “private jets are burning our future,” “killing our planet,” and “inequalities.” of fuel,” the statement said.
Source: BFM TV
