On Thursday morning, climate activists paralyzed Frankfurt Airport for a while. The effects of the action were felt for a long time. What is the current situation?
One day after the protest by climate demonstrators at Frankfurt Airport, operations there are back to normal. A spokesman for the responsible federal police said this morning that he was no longer aware of any flight cancellations.
A spokesman for airport operator Fraport also explained that everything was back to normal on the runways. However, the effects were still noticeable. There was a bit more activity in the terminals. “Everything is back to normal,” he said.
Activists from the group Last Generation entered the fenced-in area of Germany’s largest airport on Thursday morning and managed to stick themselves to the ends of the two central runways. Airport operations were subsequently suspended for some time. According to airport operator Fraport, at least 200 of the 1,400 flights planned for Thursday were canceled.
According to police, eight suspected activists were arrested. The group Letzte Generation wrote on the X platform on Thursday evening that all people from Frankfurt Airport have now been released.
The action hit passengers in the middle of peak travel season, and according to a Fraport spokesman, the effects of the protest were still noticeable on Thursday evening.
Source: Stern
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