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Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Yahoo
German airport workers strike leading to hundreds of flight cancellations
March 10 (UPI) -- A strike at Germany's Hamburg Airport left all outgoing flights canceled Monday, with more airports likely to soon be affected. The airport announced that the German trade union has called for a strike affecting several areas at the facility, including passenger security checks and aircraft handling, making departures impossible. The expected daily load of over 40,000 passengers on Sunday, with 139 departures and 144 arrivals at the airport in Germany's second-largest city, was reduced to only 10 flights before the strike began at 6:30 a.m. local time. The strike began with no notice, at the busy beginning of the city's spring break. said in a press release that its members would also soon stop working Monday "at the airports in Munich, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Frankfurt/Main, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Weeze, Hanover, Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin-Brandenburg and Leipzig-Halle to fight for fair wages and better conditions." German airports in these cities are issuing warnings for the public to anticipate heavy restrictions on passenger traffic and reduced flight schedules. The union also stated that it's "calling for better working conditions, more free time and fair pay for all employees in the federal and local public service," including its own members. The work action was advanced a day at Hamburg Airport from the previously announced overall March 10 strike start in order to put added pressure on the airports and to keep them from bringing in nonunion workers to cover the loss of employees. Arrivals are expected to continue but will be subject to cancellations and disruptions. Talks between the two sides are scheduled for Friday in Potsdam.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
You can forget taking a flight to Germany today
It's a bad day to try to take a flight to or from Germany. A mass strike has caused huge disruption at the country's airports on Monday. 94% of flights were canceled at Frankfurt Airport, the country's busiest, a German news agency said. Hundreds of thousands of passengers are facing disruption due to a strike in Germany, which has led to almost all flights at the country's busiest airports being canceled Monday. The 24-hour walkout began at midnight on Monday and immediately caused mass disruption. At Frankfurt Airport, the country's busiest, 94% of the day's 1,116 scheduled takeoffs and landings have been canceled, the German news agency dpa reported. "There will be massive disruptions at Frankfurt Airport all day today," its website says, adding that passengers should not travel to the airport. Munich Airport expected operations to be "severely disrupted," while Berlin Brandenburg Airport said it will have no regular flights. According to data from Cirium, 108 flights are scheduled between Germany and the US on Monday, accounting for over 31,000 seats. On Friday, the service workers union called on public-sector employees and ground and security staff to go on strike. It also targeted airports in Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, Düsseldorf, Weeze, Dortmund, Cologne/Bonn, Leipzig/Halle, Stuttgart, and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. Jens Ritter, the CEO of flag carrier Lufthansa, said in a Sunday LinkedIn post that he was "stunned and really worried." "What Verdi calls a 'warning' strike is again bringing air traffic to a halt," he added, and called for "cooperation instead of confrontation." A warning strike is a common tactic in German labor negotiations. Monday's action relates to two separate disputes — one for airport security workers and a wider one for public-sector employees. said negotiations for the more than 2.5 million federal and local government employees across Germany will continue on Friday. It is calling for an 8% pay increase with a minimum increase of 350 euros ($380) a month, plus higher bonuses for stressful shift work and three more days off. For aviation security workers, the union wants better occupational health and safety, 30 days of holiday, an annual bonus increase, and other bonuses. also wants restrictions on fixed-term contracts, saying that most aviation security specialists are hired on 24-month contracts, many of whom are then replaced by newly trained employees. "Public employers should know that we are assertive. This will be made clear again in the coming days," said chairman Frank Werneke on Monday. Read the original article on Business Insider
Euronews
09-03-2025
- Euronews
Surprise strike at Hamburg airport a day earlier than expected
A German trade union had called for strikes at 13 major German airports to take place on Monday - but then staged the strike at Hamburg airport on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT Hamburg Airport in Germany came to a halt on Sunday, a day before trade union said it would stage strikes at 13 major German airports on Monday. Out of the 144 arrivals and 139 departures originally planned at Hamburg Airport on Sunday, only 10 flights weren't cancelled in the morning. Frustrated passengers called the surprise strike "outrageous". "There was supposed to be a big strike tomorrow, why is it now today?" a traveller said. The trade union's secretary Lars Stubbe said the unannounced nature of the strike was necessary for the strike to be effective. "We called the strike at such short notice because our experience with longer-term calls is that the employer tries to break the strike with massive action," Stubbe said. "Of course, this is a burden for passengers, and our colleagues know that. Nevertheless, they followed the strike call 100%," he added. The United Services Trade Union ( has called on employees in the aviation security sector to hold 24-hour warning strikes at 13 major German airports, starting early on Monday morning. The strikes at the other airports are still supposed go ahead on Monday - but there is no way of knowing whether passengers at any of these airports are in for a nasty surprise later on Sunday if more strikes are called ahead of time. It is predicted that more than half a million people will not be able to catch their flight on Monday as planned, with more than 3,400 expected flight cancellations, according to German Airports Association ADV. Many of the cancellations will be at Frankfurt and Munich airports, the two largest in Germany. In a statement, the union said the strikes are necessary to "improve the working conditions of the approximately 25,000 employees." "The strike will take place at the airports in Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Weeze, Dortmund, Cologne/Bonn, Leipzig/Halle, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and Munich," the union confirmed.
Euronews
09-03-2025
- Euronews
Union stages surprise strike at Hamburg airport, a day earlier than scheduled
A German trade union had called for strikes at 13 major German airports to take place on Monday - but then staged the strike at Hamburg airport on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT Hamburg Airport in Germany came to a halt on Sunday, a day before trade union said it would stage strikes at 13 major German airports on Monday. Out of the 144 arrivals and 139 departures originally planned at Hamburg Airport on Sunday, only 10 flights weren't cancelled in the morning. Frustrated passengers called the surprise strike "outrageous". "There was supposed to be a big strike tomorrow, why is it now today?" a traveller said. The trade union's secretary Lars Stubbe said the unannounced nature of the strike was necessary for the strike to be effective. "We called the strike at such short notice because our experience with longer-term calls is that the employer tries to break the strike with massive action," Stubbe said. "Of course, this is a burden for passengers, and our colleagues know that. Nevertheless, they followed the strike call 100%," he added. The United Services Trade Union ( has called on employees in the aviation security sector to hold 24-hour warning strikes at 13 major German airports, starting early on Monday morning. The strikes at the other airports are still supposed go ahead on Monday - but there is no way of knowing whether passengers at any of these airports are in for a nasty surprise later on Sunday if more strikes are called ahead of time. It is predicted that more than half a million people will not be able to catch their flight on Monday as planned, with more than 3,400 expected flight cancellations, according to German Airports Association ADV. Many of the cancellations will be at Frankfurt and Munich airports, the two largest in Germany. In a statement, the union said the strikes are necessary to "improve the working conditions of the approximately 25,000 employees." "The strike will take place at the airports in Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Weeze, Dortmund, Cologne/Bonn, Leipzig/Halle, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and Munich," the union confirmed.
Observer
07-03-2025
- Business
- Observer
German airports to be hit by labour strike on Monday
Berlin - Major disruptions loom at German airports on Monday, including a total shutdown of flights at Berlin, after a services union announced strike action for better pay for ground personnel. The industrial action will also hit the country's biggest airport in Frankfurt as well as hubs in Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart. The union said Friday it was calling on public sector workers and some 23,000 employees of ground handling service providers to go on an all-day warning strike on March 10. "There will be massive restrictions on departures and arrivals, including flight cancellations," said in a statement. "We regret the inconvenience that this strike will cause for passengers," said the union's deputy chair Christine Behle. "But without the pressure of industrial action, there will be no movement in the negotiations." "That is why we are already informing people today so that travellers can prepare for the restrictions in good time," she added. Berlin airport said in a statement that "flight operations will unfortunately have to be suspended" on Monday, with "all regular departures and arrivals" unable to take place. The union's demands include a pay rise of eight percent or at least 350 euros ($380) more per month, and higher bonuses for particularly stressful activities. The union said that "we are forced to go on this warning strike because the employers have not yet made an offer in the ongoing collective bargaining negotiations for public sector employees and have shown no willingness to meet our legitimate demands."
