London City Airport is next target for Extinction Rebellion
Activists are planning to shut the airport down for three days from tomorrow (Pictures: PA/Getty)

Extinction Rebellion activists are planning to shut down London City Airport for three days beginning tomorrow.

The climate change protesters announced their intention to disrupt the ‘business as usual’ running of the east London transport hub.

Demonstrations will include a Hong Kong-style occupation of the terminal building, with people lying, sitting and gluing themselves to arrival and departure gates.

Should the takeover be thwarted, the group said it would blockade it from the outside by closing down the DLR station and access road.

A spokesman for the airport said they ‘continue to work closely with the Metropolitan Police to prepare for the threat of Extinction Rebellion protests’.

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: A British Airways passenger plane takes off from from London City Airport on August 6, 2015 in London, England. US company Global Infrastructure Partners has announced that it is to sell London City airport. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Protesters want to disrupt the ‘business as usual’ running of the transport hub (Picture: Getty Images)
Activists protest on Whitehall, by Downing Street during the second day of climate change demonstrations by the Extinction Rebellion group in central London, on October 8, 2019. - Climate protesters from Sydney to New York blocked roads Monday, sparking hundreds of arrests, as two weeks of civil disobedience demanding immediate action to save the Earth from "extinction" kicked off. The demonstrations, triggered by the group Extinction Rebellion, were mostly limited to a few hundred people in each city, far from the size of last month's massive Greta Thunberg-inspired protests. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
Extinction Rebellion activists blockaded several parts of central London (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)
A pair of protesters who have glued themselves to each other and the road, on Birdcage Walk, outside the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, during the third day of an Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest in Westminster, London. PA Photo. Picture date: Wednesday October 9, 2019. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Protests. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
A pair of protesters who have glued themselves to each other and the road (Picture: PA)

‘All passengers travelling for the remainder of this week will be required to show their boarding pass to access the terminal,’ he added.

‘We’d like to thank passengers in advance for their patience, and recommend that they check the status of their flights with their airline, before travelling to the airport.

‘Climate change is a global challenge and we remain committed to building a more sustainable future for the airport and the aviation industry, ensuring that we are playing our part in meeting the UK’s 2050 carbon objectives.’

Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters camp in tents around the Monument to the Women of World War II on Whitehall in Westminster, central London, as the climate change protest continued into a second day. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday October 8, 2019. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Protests. Photo credit should read: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
Protesters camped out in tents overnight to maintain their stronghold on parts of the city (Picture: PA)
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 08: Police officers remove tents belonging to Extinction Rebellion activists in Westminster on October 8, 2019 in London, England. Climate change activists are gathering to block access to various government departments as they start a two week protest in central London. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)
Police said they have seized around 80 tonnes of equipment from demonstrators (Picture: Getty)

So far more than 600 people have been arrested in London – more than half the total number detained during the fortnight of similar protest action back in April.

Police have also seized around 80 tonnes worth of equipment – including tents, portable toilets and generators – used by demonstrators to set up camp in the capital.

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