2023-07-29 09:40:00
Several airlines in the Lufthansa Group are examining a claim for damages against the “Last Generation” climate protection movement. This includes the Swiss airline, as a spokeswoman confirmed to SRF.
After the blockade at the German airport in Düsseldorf by activists from the climate protection group Last Generation, the affected airlines in the Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Eurowings) are examining claims for damages. According to one expert, the demands could amount to several million euros. First, the German newspaper “Rheinische Post” reported on possible claims for damages.
According to the Hamburg aviation expert Gerald Wissel, the lawsuits could amount to several million euros. “There were hotels for passengers had to be booked, ticket income was lost, replacement aircraft had to be found, other crews had to be used, a lot comes together”. , he told the Rheinische Post. According to the report, a total of 48 flights were canceled and two were diverted.
Airport submitted notification
Düsseldorf Airport had previously announced that it had filed a criminal complaint for “dangerous interference with air traffic, disruption of public services, property damage, coercion and trespassing”. The newspaper writes that a conviction for dangerous interference in air traffic could result in a sentence of up to ten years in prison.
Caption: Activists from the “Last Generation” movement blocked Düsseldorf Airport on July 13. Keystone/DAVID YOUNG
However, a spokeswoman for the Düsseldorf public prosecutor’s office told the “Rheinische Post” that, although the suspected damage to property and trespassing are being investigated, there is currently “no sufficient evidence of a dangerous intervention in air traffic”, “since this poses a specific risk to body, life or things of significant value would presuppose”. According to previous knowledge, this was not the case because aircraft were diverted in good time or did not take off at all.
On July 13, activists from the last generation blocked the airports in Düsseldorf and Hamburg for several hours. The campaign hit many holidaymakers who wanted to travel by plane at the beginning of the summer holidays.
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