Lufthansa demands 740,000 euros from ‘last generation’ climate activists, founder of leading Chinese AI company dies suddenly

According to a report in “Bild am Sonntag” (Bams), Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is demanding 740,000 euros in damages from climate activists of the Last Generation group. This involves a protest at the German airports of Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Berlin.

According to the report, 57 Lufthansa Group flights carrying 8,500 passengers were affected by a protest in Hamburg alone on July 13, according to the report. Lufthansa is demanding damages of 400,000 euros for the incident. Ten defendants would receive letters demanding payment.

According to “Bams”, Lufthansa is also demanding compensation for protests at Düsseldorf Airport on the same day with 24 affected flights – as well as for an action in November 2022 at the capital Berlin-Brandenburg with 35 affected flights.

The action in Düsseldorf amounts to approximately 220,000 euros in damages. Six suspects have already received requests to pay 120,000 euros for the protest at Berlin airport.

As the “Bams” further writes, in view of the protests, German Transport Minister Volker Wissing announced that the aviation safety law would be tightened, which should come “as soon as possible”. Wissing told ‘Bams’ that he had reached an agreement on this with Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann.

“Blockades of airports with the aim of disrupting operations there far exceed the limits of legitimate protest. These are not trivial crimes either,” Wissing said. (sda/afp)