Over several weeks, activists across Europe, North America, and Africa took bold action under the banner "Oil Kills," targeting airports and demanding a treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030. These actions highlighted aviation as a critical component of the global...
Groups denounce London City Airport Expansion, in Fourth Day of Protests Targeting Airports
Airport protests are taking place in at least six countries today: the UK, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Canada, and the USA. The protests come at the end of a week of civil disobedience during which Oil Kills disrupted airports in 10 countries across Europe...
Global airport disruption resumes in the second day of action from Oil Kills – the International Uprising to end fossil fuels
Flights have been grounded and disruption is building at airports in Frankfurt and Oslo after supporters of civil resistance groups Letzte Generation, Folk Mot Fossilmakta, and Scientist Rebellion Norway have taken direct action for a second day. They are acting in...
Airports disrupted across Europe as civil resistance groups join Oil Kills – the International Uprising to end fossil fuels
Supporters of five civil resistance groups caused disruption at airports across Europe this morning, in support of Oil Kills - an International Uprising to end oil, gas and coal by 2030. [1] [2] Flights were delayed as supporters entered airfields and sat down on...
International week of action targeting private jets reaches its peak with blockade of Farnborough airport
This morning, protesters blocked the access to Farnborough airport, the biggest private jet terminal in the UK. This is part of an international week of action, with protests in eight countries demanding that governments ban private jets, tax frequent flyers and make...
How to get involved in countering airline adverts
In April over 30 groups took part in the International Week of Action Against Airline Advertising, Sponsorship and Greenwash. Here's a recap of the week, some key learnings and steps you can take to get involved in the movement to counter fossil ads. The problem with...
Mass civil disobedience at Belgium airports and protests against destructive mega projects in Mexico highlighting aviation as the pinnacle of climate injustice
Activists from across Europe took action at Liège Airport Hundreds of activists have been arrested in Antwerp after being targeted by police In Mexico, several actions are taking place against the new Tulum International Airport 16th December 2023: Today, supporters...
Code Rouge mass action against the aviation industry
This year, Code Rouge are setting their sights on aviation with their mass action, which will take place between Friday 15th and Sunday 17th December. The 'People Not Planes' mobilisation focuses on the climate injustice of the aviation industry and its determination...
People’s struggle against the proposed international airport in Nepal
Blog post by Bhola Bhattarai (NAFAN - National Forum For Advocacy Nepal) Tangiya Basti is the proposed site for the Nijgadh International Airport. But people living in Tangiya are being kept in the dark about this project. More than two thousand households, especially...
“The aviation industry is killing us” – activists interrupt the World Aviation Festival
Blog post contributed by our member Climáximo. On 27 September 2023, supporters of Climáximo and Scientist Rebellion painted the façade of the Lisbon Exhibition and Congress Centre (FIL), where the "World Aviation Festival" was taking place. They also interrupted a...
‘Trees not private jets’: activists take over Le Bourget airport against ‘climate criminals’
Extinction Rebellion (XR) France and Attac France took over Le Bourget airport on 22 September 2023, denouncing the responsibility of the ultra-rich for the ecological crisis and the complicity of the government. Around thirty activists took to the tarmac to plant...
‘Jets & Yachts The Party’s Over’: Activists glue themselves to a private jet in Ibiza
In July activists in Ibiza carried out a week-long series of actions against luxury emissions and the 1% who cause them. "We are glued to a private jet at Ibiza airport because we are really terrified of the consequences of the climate crisis". This is what Bilbo, an...
From Bristol to Canada: Clever campaigning against Bristol Airport expansion
Blog post contributed by Bristol Airport is Big Enough (BABE) Campaigners in Bristol, UK, are fighting the expansion of Bristol Airport, which will have disastrous consequences for local communities and the environment. The courts have continually failed the local...
“We’ve come to tell the super-rich that the party is over”
It was a key moment for the growing movement against private jets and excessive flying: On Tuesday, 23d of May, 103 climate activists disrupted Europe’s biggest private jet fair EBACE in Geneva. More than 800 news articles reported on the action. The same day, a bike...
Hundred climate activists in custody in Geneva after peaceful protest against largest private aviation industry sales event in Europe
UPDATE: ALL 102 CLIMATE ACTIVISTS WERE RELEASED, AFTER HAVING BEEN DETAINED FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. Geneva, 23.05.2023 – One hundred climate activists from 17 countries supporting Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate...
One hundred climate activists block private jets at biggest sales event in Europe, protesting luxury mega-polluters
Geneva, 23.05.2023 – A hundred climate activists supporting Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate justice groups from 17 countries have disrupted Europe’s biggest sales fair of private jets, the annual European...
French organisations stage week of actions
This post was written by Rester sure Terre and originally posted on their site Responding to the call of the European Union against Aerial Nuisance (UECNA), several dozen associations and collectives gathered from May 9 to 14 and held around twenty demonstrations in...
UK aviation groups come together in London
Written by Stephen Clarke (on behalf of BAAN - Bristol Airport Action Network). A gathering of more than 15 campaigning groups concerned with the growth of the aviation industry took place in London on April 21st, followed by a huge March Against Airport Expansion and...
Climate activists block private jet airport used by WEF guests
The access to the private jet airport in Altenrhein Switzerland was blocked by Debt for Climate activists, preventing the transfer of attendees arriving in Davos for the World Economic Forum. Their demands: cancellation of all foreign debt of countries in the Global...
International actions at 11 private airports to demand a ban on private jets
Hundreds of activists, among them 129 scientists, blockaded 11 international private airports to demand a ban on private jets. 31 arrests all around the world. Global protest called for a ban on private jets and taxation of frequent flyers to fund climate adaptation...
Activists ground private jets at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport
Over 500 Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands activists have stopped private jets from taking off at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on November 5th. Activists cycled around the area where private jets are parked and blocked the aircraft. The protesters are...
AviAction: A stopover in Lille, towards the degrowth of aviation
Over 200 people met in October in Lille, northern France, for the second international conference of the Stay Grounded network. Faced with the climate crisis and the aviation industry’s ecocidal plans, they imagined joint actions to stop the expansion of airports,...
Swedish activists sentenced to prison for airport action
After walking onto the runway at Växjö Småland Airport in Sweden last October, Ella and Björn, two parents with young children are now sentenced to two months in prison. The disctrict court in Växjö found the activists guilty of entering the airport illegally. It is...
Stay Grounded starting its action conference as UN aviation agency meets in Montreal
Activists from all over Europe and beyond are meeting in Lille, France. Actions to tackle air traffic are planned - the first on 8 October. Lille/Vienna/Montreal, 27 September 2022 – Starting today, the UN body for civil aviation is meeting in Montreal, Canada,...
Press Release: International Week of Action against Airline Advertising
Airline advertisements grounded across Europe in latest climate protest Contact: Tona Merriman, brandalismproject@gmail.com, Tel: +44 7471593736 Full photo set available here Interviews at relevant hacked advertising sites available on request. 500 advertising sites...
Action Against Expansion of LEJ Airport Leipzig!
Transformation not Expansion! Transform LEJ recently protested against the expansion of Halle/Leipzig Airport Leipzig - On July 29, 2022 the new action and protest alliance Transform LEJ held a vigil in front of the state directorate, for opposing the expansion of the...
September 10-17 – Let’s counter aviation ads!
Let’s call out the aviation industry’s greenwashed advertisements! Take part September 10-17! Grassroots groups around Europe* will be taking action September 10 – 17 to oppose fossil fuel advertising in support of the European Citizens Initiative to #BanFossilAds....
Climate and Aviation Campaigners Protest as Government Launches Controversial Jet Zero Strategy at Farnborough Air Show Today
Protesters against aviation expansion held inflatable winged pigs outside the entrance to the air show and held a banner saying “Jet Zero? Pigs might fly!”, to highlight fundamental problems with the government’s approach to cutting aviation’s greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Back to the Future: Rallies for the return of the Paris-Hendaye night train and connections to the Iberian Peninsula
Rallies for the return of the Paris-Hendaye night train and a more extensive night train network between Europe and the Iberian Peninsula On July 2nd, 2022 — A night train renaissance is upon us with the Austrian Night Jet up and running and a Swedish night train to...
Protest actions around the globe against aviation greenwashing during COP26
Stop Greenwashing – Reduce Air Traffic Now! In the first days of November 2021, protest actions across the globe coordinated by Stay Grounded called for an end to aviation’s greenwashing and an effective reduction of air traffic. The diverse protests were part of the...
COP26: Protest actions around the globe target aviation “greenwashing” and call for a reduction of air traffic
Protests in Mexico, Nepal, Germany, France, Ghana and the UK Day of Action against aviation greenwashing organised by the global network Stay Grounded as part of the COP26 Coalition Global Day of Action for Climate Justice Glasgow, 6th of November — As Britain drafts...
Action at UK airports targets “greenwashing” of aviation and calls for halting of expansion plans
Stay Grounded UK co-ordinates events at 10 airports. Part of global action days against greenwashing of air travel, organised by the international network Stay Grounded as part of the COP26 Coalition Global Action Days. At 11am on Saturday 6th November, protests will...
Activists block Leipzig Halle Cargo Airport in protest against planned expansion
Report on the action of "Cancel LEJ" and its effects On the night of Saturday, 10 July 2021, 54 climate activists peacefully gathered on a lorry access road to the DHL hub at Leipzig Airport, thereby disrupting operations. In view of the climate crisis, the activists...
Two years jail for denouncing Lisbon’s airport expansion?
From Inês Teles and Francisco Pedro, Aterra (member organisation Stay Grounded), originally posted on Movement Hub. The Portuguese government and VINCI corp plan to expand Lisbon airport and build a second one on a natural reserve. In response, the ATERRA campaign...
Protest flour against Vienna Airport Expansion
In Austria, a coalition of local producers, citizens' initiatives and climate activists created the "3rd Runway Flour" made from organic wheat grown on the fields that Vienna International Airport wants to seal for a planned third runway. With the 3rd runway flour,...
Hundreds of Penguin Climate Activists Block Berlin Airport BER Opening
Blockade of the Opening of BER Airport in Germany on 31st October Berlin, 31.10.2020 - The climate justice group 'Am Boden bleiben', a member of the international Stay Grounded network, today blocks the opening of the new airport in Berlin with protest actions. The...
#AvionsATerre: protests at 18 airports in France and Mexico
Following the appeal launched by French Stay Grounded members Alternatiba and ANV-COP21 to march on Airports, 2000 people have mobilised on the 3rd of October in 18 airports in France and Mexico to demand measures to reduce air traffic, accompanied by a just...
March on Benito Juarez Airport – Those who fight for life, never die!
On October 3rd, Stay Grounded took the French March on Airports beyond borders. Our Méxican member organisation Coordinadora de Pueblos y Organizaciones del Oriente del Estado de México (CPOOEM) joined the March on Airports in Mexico City, together with groups at 17...
Aktion gegen Rettungspaket für Lufthansa
Ergebnisse heutiger Online-Pressekonferenz und Aktion zur Übergabe von Petition ans BMWi // 338 Organisationen und über 70.000 Menschen fordern in Kampagne #SavePeopleNotPlanes soziale und ökologische Konditionen für Rettung der Flugindustrie Berlin - 30. April 2020:...