Roger Hallam and other eco-activists wanted to close the airport in September 2019 until plans for a third runway were reversed.
Extinction Rebellion 's co-founder has avoided jail after plotting to fly drones near Heathrow in a bid to shut it down.
Hallam, 57, and Maxey, 51, were found guilty of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance at Islington Crown Court in London in December.A third activist, Michael Lynch-White, was handed 17 months, suspended for 18 months. Mr Curtis said the intention was 'not to close it for a day, but some documents say a week, two weeks' and he said there are documents which show the intention was to close Heathrow 'indefinitely until the Government would agree publicly to reverse a national policy permitting the third runway extension at Heathrow'.
Mr Curtis said documents show the intention was to cause 'massive disruption to the public, to flights in and out of this country'.
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