By Bond Robertson 
Activists demonstrate against air traffic at Schiphol, the main airport in the Netherlands.
In a video clip from the airport, several groups of activists can be seen sitting in front of different planes.
Additionally, you can see dozens of cyclists cruising back and forth across the runway.
The activists appear to be partly affiliated with the Dutch organization Greenpeace, who wrote the following on their Twitter account:
– Today we ban polluting private planes to demand Schiphol stop non-essential flights. Activists are now clinging to private jets.
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– hundreds
The exact number of activists has not been established, but according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, you are talking about “hundreds”.
According to the newspaper, Extinction Rebellion, which will also take part in the demonstration, had to state that there were more than 500 activists at the airport.
– A spokesman for the group said, according to the newspaper, that the goal is for no private plane to leave Schiphol on Saturday.
Bicycles: Many protesters are said to have chained themselves to private planes, while others cycle back and forth across the runway. Photo: Reuters / Piroschka van de Wouw / NTB
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On the main airport’s Twitter account, it was already announced around eleven in the morning that the demonstrations would take place, and travelers are encouraged to check out the main airport. Locations for more information.
The protest comes after Greenpeace published an open letter to Schiphol director Rod Sundag, in which they asked the director to explain whether the airport facilitates a sustainable future.
Apparently, it was also announced in advance that demonstrations would take place.
In a response posted on Schiphol’s website on Friday, airport manager Sundag wrote that he welcomes the protesters, but asks that the measure be respectful.
According to the airport’s website, the demonstration does not appear to affect commercial air traffic.
Dozens arrested
At around 3pm, De Telegraaf wrote that dozens of activists were said to have been arrested by the Marechaussee, a Dutch defense police service, but which performs both civil and military police services.
Climate activists still under planes are being turned away by the Marechaussee and taken from the airport by bus. There are still groups of about thirty people on most private planes, the newspaper wrote.