Berlin Airport is suing several Last Generation activists for damages. It concerns a blockade campaign in November 2022. Some 33,000 euros are needed.
This amount is intended to cover the costs of restoring flight operations and lost revenues due to cancelled flights, a spokeswoman for Berlin-Brandenburg Airport said. Examples she cited included repair work on the airport fence and lost compensation for take-off and landing. The lawsuit was filed with the Cottbus regional court.
On November 24, 2022, climate activists of the latest generation paralyzed flight operations for almost two hours. According to the police, two groups gained access to the airport grounds at that time. Some of them were stuck on the ground.
Berlin Airport halted operations on both runways. At that time, several thousand passengers on a total of 40 flights were affected, which were cancelled or diverted.
Here you can see a post from Last Generation about recent protests.
“Perpetrators must answer”
With the lawsuit, the airport company says it wants to show “that it has zero tolerance for such blockades and that the perpetrators must also answer to the airport.” So far, there have been a total of four attempts by climate activists to break through to the security zone of Berlin Airport. However, the operations had to be interrupted only once.
Source: Krone
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