Last generation: Climate protesters glue themselves to Sylt airport

Two demonstrators from the climate initiative Last Generation briefly stuck themselves to the ground next to a private jet at the airport on the North Sea island of Sylt on Saturday morning. The attempt to spray the plane with paint failed due to the rapid intervention of airport staff.

The activists had previously cut a hole in the airport fence and thus gained access to the site. A third activist was stopped at the fence by police and taken away.

The women were taken off the ground and also taken away in a police car. To shield the scene from curious onlookers, firefighters placed two large fire engines next to the private jet.

Last generation: Failure of protest “happens every now and then”

The Last Generation said they wanted to spray the words “Oil kills” on the private jet. “The protest today on Sylt didn’t work, that happens every now and then, but that doesn’t mean we’re stopping,” said Christian Bergemann, spokesman for the Last Generation.

According to the flight schedule on the Internet, flight operations at Sylt Airport were not affected by the action.

Paint attack at the airport in June 2023

The demonstrators believe that millionaires and billionaires contribute disproportionately to climate change. The owners of private jets, limousines and super yachts would not voluntarily give them up. Laws are needed to reduce these emissions.

In June 2023, five activists from the group Letzte Generation on Sylt sprayed a private jet on the airport grounds with orange paint and glued themselves to it. The public prosecutor’s office in Flensburg assumed that the case had caused at least one million euros in damage to the aircraft alone.