Climate activist group Heathrow Pause plans to fly " toy flies " at regular intervals at the London airport , beginning at 3 a.m. on 13 September . The group , a splinter of Extinction Rebellion , said the protest aims to “ highlight the incompatibility " of the government 's 2050 net - zero greenhouse gas emissions target with its Heathrow expansion plans . Drones will be flown at around head - height within the airport 's exclusion zone , disrupting aircraft , but will not enter flight paths , the group said . An airport spokesperson said it would use radar - detection solutions to " mitigate the operational impact " of the protest .
Climate activist group Heathrow Pause plans to fly "toy drones" at regular intervals at the London airport, beginning at 3 a.m. on 13 September. The group, a splinter of Extinction Rebellion, said the protest aims to “highlight the incompatibility" of the government's 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target with its Heathrow expansion plans. Drones will be flown at around head-height within the airport's exclusion zone, disrupting aircraft, but will not enter flight paths, the group said. An airport spokesperson said it would use drone-detection solutions to "mitigate the operational impact" of the action.