17:00 - 18:15
Town Hall Kassel
Alliance demonstration on 4. October, 17 Clock, Town Hall Kassel
There was protest from the population right from the start and will continue to be so The majority of people in Kassel reject it Kassel-Calden airport. The airport has been in the red since it opened. It is only kept alive by tax money, which the state of Hesse, The district and city of Kassel as well as the municipality of Calden pay to avoid insolvency. Last year were absurd 5 Millions of euros in debt from ongoing operating costs were transferred to us taxpayers. Along with the indirect costs, the public shareholders pay around 20 million euros annually. Absurd!
It's probably not just this winter that only six scheduled flights and no regular airlines will fly from Kassel Airport. All the last few years have been 90% of the flights there are private flights with over a dozen take-offs and landings per day. So, in the midst of the climate crisis, we are subsidizing Private jets for the rich with our tax money. Every private flight that takes off from Kassel Airport burns 2.000 € in tax money – and every landing again. This is crazy, which we should end today rather than the day after tomorrow. Private flights produce an average of two tonnes of climate-damaging CO2 per hour – a quarter of the average annual emissions of a person in Germany. Even through these private flights, the richest percent of the German population causes fifteen times as many greenhouse gases as the average of the poorer half. We can no longer afford this lifestyle of the rich - and especially not with our tax money!
The municipality of Calden had to pay the debt to the airport Increase daycare fees. She has therefore largely withdrawn from the airport. Kassel also urgently needs money for daycare centers & Climate protection instead of subsidizing private airlines.
We therefore call on Mayor Sven Schoeller, publicly and at the next airport supervisory board meeting Stop all debt assumptions and subsidies by the city to announce.
In the last few weeks, the protest against the “most pointless airport in Germany” has become ever larger. The majority of people in Kassel have been rejecting the airport for a long time. More and more people have recently started to look at the economic misery, that the airport has no future. Others criticize the sealing of the area or the military use of the airport, which also contribute to climate damage. We want to show united: it's time to acknowledge, that the Airport is no longer viable.
Be there, when we on 4. Take to the streets at a large alliance demonstration in October.
Stop fossil subsidies.
Tax money belongs in daycare centers and climate protection and not in private flights!
Organized by a broad alliance with, among others,. KliGK, BUND district association Kassel, Nutrition Council Kassel and region, Agricultural transition in North Hesse, Last generation, Greenpeace local group Kassel, Parents4Future Kassel, Students4Future Kassel, Seebrücke local group Kassel, VCD Kassel, Environmental House Kassel, Edible city of Kassel, Welcome to Kassel, etc.