CelloMomOnCars , to random
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Eight arrested after activists breach German airport

"Climate group said six individuals had seated themselves on airport asphalt at 4:45 a.m. local time (0245 GMT) to block planes, and it criticised Berlin for subsidising at the expense of .

Germany's transport minister, Volker Wissing, said new laws were needed to punish such actions as criminal, with up to two years in prison. Current laws classify them as minor offences."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/munich-airport-faces-delays-after-climate-activists-breach-runway-2024-05-18/

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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Climate activists glue themselves at airport to protest pollution caused by flying

"The activists from the group Last Generation were protesting flying, the most polluting form of transportation.

[accused] the German government of “downplaying” the negative effects of flying on the environment instead of “finally acting sincerely.”"

https://apnews.com/article/munich-airport-blocked-climate-protest-last-generation-8c74ab7f56f5cf419c50ae050a3802e8

lil_meow_meow ,
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@CelloMomOnCars

Said minister refuses to take any viable action on the climate crisis although courts ordered i.e. his ministry to do so.

IMHO he's the one who should go to jail for a long, long time.

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Iranian airports cancel flights until Monday morning

> Several Iranian airports including Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International have canceled flights until Monday, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, as tensions flared in the Middle East with Iran’s attack on Israel overnight.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/04/14/iranian-airports-cancel-flights-until-monday-morning

Domestic flights from Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport and airports in Shiraz, Isfahan, Bushehr, Kerman, Ilam, and Sanandaj have also been cancelled until Monday morning, according to Iran’s Airports and Air Navigation Company, as the country’s western airspace remains off limits to flights. (File photo: AP)
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    raymondpert , to random
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    Qantas Reroutes Perth-London Flights on Middle East Tensions

    > 's Airways said on Saturday it had temporarily rerouted flights between Perth and London on concerns about the Middle East, as expectations rose of an attack by on .
    https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-04-13/qantas-reroutes-perth-london-flights-on-middle-east-tensions

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    Lufthansa stops using Iran airspace, keeps halt on Tehran flights

    > German airline Lufthansa said Friday its planes would no longer use Iranian airspace as it extended a suspension on flights to and from Tehran amid soaring Middle East tensions.
    "Due to the current situation, is suspending its flights to and from Tehran up to and including Thursday, 18 April," a company spokesperson said Friday.
    https://archive.ph/2024.04.13-083346/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/lufthansa-stops-using-iran-airspace-keeps-halt-on-tehran-flights/article68060642.ece

    raymondpert , to random
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    US airlines ask the Biden administration not to approve additional flights between the US and China

    > Large U.S. and some of their unions are asking the Biden administration to stop approving any more flights between the United States and because of what they call “anti-competitive” policies that China imposes on carriers.
    https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/us-airlines-biden-administration-approve-additional-flights-us-109151466

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    Boeing's safety culture falls despite the company's efforts to fix it, according to experts

    > Government and aviation-industry experts say Boeing has made some strides toward improving its safety culture, but employees could still be subject to retaliation for reporting issues
    https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/experts-boeings-steps-improve-safety-culture-helped-107556534

    raymondpert OP ,
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    "The government should ..."

    That sounds like... radical leftism, Marxism even. /s

    The free markets will solve everything. /s

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