Germany flights: Hundreds of flights cancelled as airport staff walk out - are you affected? (Image: Getty Images)
Germany airport employees will walk out tomorrow as they demand higher wages in a strike that will affect thousands of holidaymakers. Lufthansa, the largest German airline, has revealed it is cancelling at least 414 flights. Eight German airports will be hit by the industrial action, including Lufthansa’s hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Airport security workers at Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Hanover, Bremen, Dresden, Leipzig/Halle and Erfurt intend to walk out tomorrow from 2am to 8pm.
Germany flights: Hundreds of flights cancelled as airport staff walk out - are you affected?
Today, Frankfurt airport operator Fraport announced that airlines already cancelled about 470 flights tomorrow. This means every third flight will be axed.
According to the airport association ADV, at least 220,000 passengers will be hit by the planned action, reported German press agency DPA.
Last week one 100,000 passengers were disrupted by the cancellation of 800 flights after security personnel at airports in Berlin, Cologne-Bonn, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart walked out.
German trade union Ver.di has warned of “very severe restrictions” in air traffic on Tuesday.
Trade unions are fighting to improve the wages and working conditions of 23,000 aviation security employees.
“Because employers have shown no willingness to make a better offer, the extension of warning strikes has become necessary,” Ver.di board member Ute Kittel said in a statement on Monday.
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