In an air freight 'race-to-the-bottom', everyone loses

August began with members of the Letzte (Last) Generation climate activist group glueing themselves to taxiways at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The approach took place in the dead of night, when the group knew no passenger aircraft would be taking off. Instead, they were specifically going after the air cargo segment.

Speaking with The Loadstar, Letze Generation’s Lena Johnsen despaired that it was just too easy to ship things via air cargo. Air cargo was just too cheap and ...