Climate Group Disrupts Traffic at Cologne Airport
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Germany's Cologne-Bonn airport temporarily stopped all flights on Wednesday after Last Generation activists blocked a runway in what the climate activist group said was "just the beginning" of similar action globally within weeks.
The airport, Germany's sixth largest near the former West German capital, said it resumed operations during the morning after halting all flights shortly before 0400 GMT, Reuters reported.
The group, Last Generation, earlier said on the X social media platform that it had blocked air traffic at the airport and published pictures of several activists with their hands glued to the runway.
Last Generation, which wants the German government to pursue a global agreement to exit oil, gas and coal by 2030, said in a media briefing that similar airport disruptions were being prepared globally.
The group earlier predicted protests at airports across Europe and North America for Wednesday, but no major disruptions have been reported.