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Campaigners have targeted the headquarters of the firm which owns budget airline Easyjet as part of a protest against short-haul flights.Campaigners have targeted the headquarters of the firm which owns budget airline Easyjet as part of a protest against short-haul flights.
Twelve people from Plane Stupid climbed onto the roof of Easygroup's office in Camden, north London, on Monday morning while another six blocked the entrance.Twelve people from Plane Stupid climbed onto the roof of Easygroup's office in Camden, north London, on Monday morning while another six blocked the entrance.
Police said the environmental protesters had come down from the roof but no-one had been arrested. Protesters, who stayed at the building for about four hours, said they felt they had made their point.
Easyjet said the airline was based in Luton, not the Easygroup headquarters. Easygroup said there was little disruption to business.
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Protesters scaled the building some time at 0650 GMT and unfurled a banner which read 'End Short Haul Flights'. Protesters scaled the building at about 0650 GMT and unfurled a banner which read 'End Short Haul Flights'.
Police said although the campaigners had come down it was not known whether staff could get into the building. About 20 Easygroup staff were delayed getting into the building by an hour and a half.
Andy Nash, a campaigner for Plane Stupid, said: "It is totally out of order for Easyjet to be offering artificially cheap flights to destinations easily reachable by the train alternative, which is over 10 times less polluting." John Stewart, who took part in the protest, said: "Tony Blair talks the talk about taking action on climate change while building more runways and allowing more planes at airports.
"Immediate action should be taken to deal with short-haul flights by increasing the tax charged on tickets for short-haul flights."
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Plane Stupid also claimed it had targeted up to 25 UK travel agents overnight, chaining front doors and leaving signs on windows.Plane Stupid also claimed it had targeted up to 25 UK travel agents overnight, chaining front doors and leaving signs on windows.
James Rothnie, of Easygroup, said: "The airline Easyjet functions out of Luton.
"A lot of my colleagues were asking what the protesters were doing here and I think most were baffled as Easyjet is not based here."
The action coincides with the start of the UN Climate talks in Nairobi.The action coincides with the start of the UN Climate talks in Nairobi.