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Climate activists glued themselves to the tarmac at four German airports this morning, forcing a temporary halt to flights as part of a “relentless” campaign against fossil fuels. The Last Generation group said a total of eight activists were involved in the protests at Berlin, Cologne-Bonn, Nuremberg and Stuttgart airports, which started around 5am. It follows a string of similar protests this summer. The group is demanding that the German government negotiate and sign an agreement on a global exit from the use of oil, gas and coal by 2030. "What is at stake right now are billions of human li...
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Travel to and from the Italian island of Sicily is currently disrupted due to a volcanic eruption that happened overnight. Catania international airport remains closed on Thursday 15 August, with all arrivals and departures suspended after Mount Etna billowed smoke into the air. The volcanic ash affects visibility for pilots. It is estimated that operations will resume at around 6pm but passengers have been advised to check their flight status before leaving home. The disruption comes on one of the busiest days for travel as Italy celebrates its biggest national public holiday, Ferragosto. Nea...
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The Maldives is a tropical paradise with endless white beaches, crystal clear waters and stunning resorts. Millions of travellers flock here every year seeking rest and recuperation, with 2023 seeing record arrivals, up 12 per cent on the year before. The trend has continued in 2024, with tourist arrivals up by 10 per cent compared to the same period last year. This is good news for the country’s 550,000 citizens, the majority of whom rely on tourism for their income. But behind the scenes of luxury resorts, they face another struggle: being on the frontlines of the climate crisis. There’s no ...
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Flights at Germany's busiest airport Frankfurt were temporarily suspended on Thursday when climate activists glued themselves to the tarmac Over 100 flights were cancelled. Federal police reported that several demonstrators entered the airport early in the morning. Climate activist group Last Generation say that six protesters cut through the perimeter fence and approached the runways by foot, bicycles, and skateboards. Flight operations began "gradually resuming" shortly before 8am, and the airport announced on X that all runways were back in operation shortly after. Around 140 flights, appro...
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Gatwick is the latest European airport to be granted a court order preventing environmental protesters from trespassing on its land. High Court injunctions have been issued at several UK airports banning protesters from their sites. The UK’s Leeds Bradford, London Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, East Midlands, Gatwick and Heathrow Airport have all been granted similar injunctions in recent weeks. They forbid demonstrators from trespassing or causing nuisance. It comes as climate activists begin a summer of potential flight disruption around Europe calling for an end to fossil fuels. A ‘campaign ...
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Despite a recent agreement preventing an airport strike in Paris on 17 July, one union is still threatening to walk out in the lead up to the Olympic Games. As a result, Paris Orly and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airports could be hit by industrial action on the day of the opening ceremony. The strike notice filed by the Force Ouvrière (FO) union - which represents 11.5 per cent of workers at the Paris airports - is set to begin at 5am on 26 July and last until 7am the following day. Why are Paris airport workers still threatening to strike?A deal reached last week between the CGT, CFDT and UNSA ...
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A domestic plane crashed Wednesday while taking off from the airport serving Nepal's capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor. Police official Basanta Rajauri said authorities have pulled out all 18 bodies. The only survivor was the pilot, who was taken to Kathmandu Medical College Hospital for treatment. The pilot has injuries to the eyes but is not in any danger, a doctor at the hospital said. The airline manifest showed there were two pilots and 17 passengers on board, among them there was only one female. The crew and 16 passengers were Nepali nationals wit...
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Climate activists have glued themselves to the runway at Cologne-Bonn Airport, one of Germany's biggest airports. At least four inbound flights have been redirected to the nearby airports of Dusseldorf and Hannover, while numerous outbound flights faced significant delays and cancellations, leaving many passengers stranded. Police said five people glued themselves to a taxiway at the airport early in the morning and officers were trying to dislodge them, German news agency dpa reported. By 8.30 am, two of them had been removed. The Last Generation activist group said in a statement that suppor...
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Friday 19 July was set to be one of the busiest days of the summer for Europe’s airports. But the world’s biggest IT outage had other plans for hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers. A defective software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike was to blame, bringing down the online systems of numerous big and small businesses that use Microsoft services. Yesterday, Microsoft pointed the finger at the European Commission, saying the bloc’s competition rules prevented it from overriding the update. While the Big Tech fallout continues, airports and airlines are looking inwards to evaluate ho...
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Worldwide havoc was wrought following a massive outage after a defect in a software update by cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike on Friday. Hospitals, banks, broadcasters and airports were all impacted after an issue with the software prevented them from accessing Microsoft apps and services. Nathalie Devillier, an expert at the EU European Cyber Competence Centre, spoke with Euronews on the lessons that could be drawn from it. "It is necessary to question the location of your cloud and IT security providers," she said. "Both should be in the European space so as not to rely on foreign technology ...
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