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Just Stop Oil hints at further action to disrupt air travel in future

Government
James Chapple
24 June 2024

Just Stop Oil has hinted at further action to disrupt air travel this summer, describing its protest at Stansted last week – which saw activists spray two private jets with orange paint – as a "prelude".

Just Stop Oil supported Jennifer Kowalski at Stansted (Credit: Just Stop Oil)

Citing a source within the climate group, The Times reports Just Stop Oil is poised to embark on a "sustained period of action" which will, reportedly, see its focus shift to airports. It has also laid down a direct challenge to the incoming government.


“Private jets are obviously mental for emissions and most people would agree they need to stop," said the source cited by The Times following the incident at Stansted on Thursday (20 June).


"It’s a wake-up call for government that we need big radical changes," they continued. "If this incoming government doesn’t get us on war footing then we’re not going to have anywhere to fly to."