Climate activists breach security at four German airports

Two German airports temporarily suspended flights on the morning of Aug 15 after climate activists breached their airfields as part of a larger protest action targeting four airports nationwide. The Last Generation campaign group said in a statement that eight activists had stopped or reduced traffic at the Berlin, Cologne-Bonn, Nuremberg and Stuttgart airports, and published pictures of activists with their hands glued to the tarmac. The activists did not enter the runway area, it added. German politicians have demanded better protection for the country's airports after climate activists were able to breach fences and disrupt air traffic, including at the country's busiest airport, Frankfurt, for two days in a row in July. The Nuremberg airport suspended flights for a little more than an hour due to the activists, leading to six delayed flights, one cancellation and one rerouted flight, it said on Facebook. Traffic at the Cologne-Bonn airport was running since 0525 GMT after being halted early on Aug 15, with some delays still expected, according to the airport on social media platform X. Police were on site at the Berlin-Brandenburg airport, the largest one affected, and were able to remove the two protesters, who had entered the airfield by cutting through a fence, said a police spokesperson, adding that flight operations were unaffected. Air traffic at Stuttgart airport was also unaffected after two people who blocked a taxiway were immediately apprehended by police, the airport said in a statement.<br/>