News / Climate activists stuck to runway hold up cargo flights at Leipzig

Climate activists from Germany’s Letzte Generation (Last Generation) group blocked runways at Leipzig/Halle air cargo hub in the early hours of this morning, delaying cargo services for three hours.

The protest saw three activists attaching themselves to a taxiway, grounding night cargo flights and resulting in air cargo movement being suspended, said  airport spokesperson Uwe Schuhart

Two other activists were prevented from contact with the tarmac, according to German federal police.

Letzte Generation is demanding that the German government negotiate and sign an ...