Passengers using Cardiff Airport could have their journeys disrupted this week by the climate-change protest group banned from Heathrow. The group, Plane Stupid, said yesterday the Welsh Assembly Government had made Wales a target for protests by launching short-haul flights within Wales already operated by a frequent train service.
Last week BAA obtained an injunction banning activists from Plane Stupid from protesting at any of its airports. The protesters are now turning their attention to other targets - both other UK airports and the aviation industry - starting with a demonstration yesterday in Flintshire. Six protesters were removed by guards from a barge carrying a new wing for an Airbus A380 superjumbo. No arrests were made.
The group plans to target other aviation sites - airports and aviation companies - this week. Spokesman Graham Thompson said: 'The injunction only precludes us from BAA's property. It doesn't preclude all airports. We wouldn't rule out protesting at Cardiff Airport,' describing the new, WAG-subsidised Anglesey - Cardiff service as 'a perfect example of the type of thing that we're opposed to - grotesquely unnecessary flights'
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