RTL Nieuws reporter Sander Paulus is on site and says the fences have been cut: “Hundreds of people then went through the fence and are now in the parking lot where several private jets are. bike”.
“I see military police everywhere, but it’s too late. The activists are already inside.” The aim of the promotion is not to have any private flights departing from Schiphol on Saturdays.
Dewi Zloch of Greenpeace explains why they are intervening here: “Schiphol should indeed shrink, but they are still building a new terminal and here the rich are increasingly taking a private jet: the most polluting way to fly.”
“Stop unnecessary short flights”
“It’s typical of aviation, which doesn’t seem to see they are endangering people by spearheading the climate crisis. This has to stop. We want fewer flights, more trains and a ban on short flights and unnecessary private jets.”
The images also show protesters climbing over the fence via a truck.
So far the Marechaussee has only made six arrests. “We are taking people away. We still have some to do,” a spokesperson said. According to him, the atmosphere is not violent. “But now we have to intervene.”
Today there are two different events in and around Schiphol. For example, Greenpeace together with Extinction Rebellion are carrying out an action of “civil disobedience” against Schiphol, but among other things, the Defense of the environment together with the Shrink Aviation Coalition is demonstrating in a “peaceful way”.
Fly less
For this latest action, dozens of people with protest signs had gathered in front of the airport square. They demand, among other things, that the number of flight movements be drastically reduced, that more trains arrive in the Netherlands and that public transport becomes cheaper.
Dozens of them are now sitting on the floor in Schiphol’s arrivals and departures hall.
Greenpeace previously asked in a open letter to Ruud Sondag, the new boss of Schiphol, for a cleaner airport. “To begin with, CO2 emissions must be at least halved by 2030. In order to stop climate change. For our health, clean air and nature that can flourish again.”
‘Immense task’
Sunday answered yesterday. She wrote in a comment on the company’s website: “As an aviation industry, we must do everything to become quieter and cleaner. This is my view. The task is immense, but doable.”
He indicated that protesters are welcome today. But she also asked “keep it tidy”.
