Climate activists block private jet take-offs at Amsterdam Airport

AMSTERDAM, 07 November 2022, (TON): More than 100 environmental activists wearing white suits stormed into an area where private jets are kept at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday and stopped several aircraft from departing by sitting in front of their wheels.

The protest was part of a day of demonstrations in and around the airport organised by environmental groups Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion to protest over greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution caused by the airport and aviation industry.

No delays to commercial flights were reported as of the early afternoon.

Greenpeace Netherlands campaign leader Dewi Zloch said “we want fewer flights, more trains and a ban on unnecessary short-haul flights and private jets.”

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