Security
Bizjet Protesters Breach Geneva Airport Secure Zone
A group of protesters who claim to be against the use of business jets knocked down fences around the EBACE static display.
Protesters at EBACE 2023
Eco-protesters breached the security fence at the EBACE 2023 static display area and handcuffed themselves to aircraft, causing a disruption at the show. © David McIntosh/AIN

Protestors breached security at Switzerland’s Geneva Airport at about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, knocking down fencing around the EBACE 2023 static park and handcuffing themselves to business jets on display. The protesters wore fluorescent-green safety vests marked with the “ban private jets” statement that they chanted as they rushed past airport police.

Some of the protesters were stopped and held on the ground by police, while others made it into the static park. Seven protestors handcuffed themselves to a Gulfstream on static display, with three attached to the nose gear and four on the jet’s cabin entry door handrails, while others secured themselves to some other aircraft.