More than 2,300 flights to and from seven major airports in Germany is expected to be cancelled today, because of her 24 hour strike warning which the trade union Ver.di has declared for civil servants, ground staff and security personnel since yesterday, Thursday, evening. About 300,000 passengers they will either not travel or face long delays.

At its airports Frankfurtof Munichher Stuttgart, of Hamburgof Dortmundof Hanover and her Bremen the problems started as early as last night, as the mobilization involves many workers on the night shift, which starts at 21:00 or 22:00. At most of the major airports, flights have almost stopped today, while the Lufthansa has already canceled all its flights – in total 1,300 – at Frankfurt and Munich airports. Some flights are being diverted to neighboring airports not affected by the strike – around 20 Frankfurt take-offs and landings will take place in Dusseldorf today, while efforts are being made to move some passengers by rail.

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The strike coincides with the start today of the Munich International Security Conference, which is attended by at least 45 heads of state and governments, hundreds of political and military officials, representatives from academia and business. As clarified by the organization, the flights of the government aircraft will take place normally in Munich, however huge problems have been caused with the movement of the rest of the participants. At least 700 take offs and landings were scheduled for today in Munich.

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“Ver.di goes completely overboard here and brings the conflict of collective bargaining onto the passengers’ backs“, said the president of the Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry BDL and head of Munich Airport Jost Lammers, while the Airport Association ADV in a statement claims that “passengers become the target of Ver.di’s strike tactics». “The workers are putting pressure together on their employers because no results have been achieved from the negotiations to date“, replied the deputy president of the trade union, Christine Belle, and emphasized that measures must be taken now – with an increase in staff, higher wages and better working conditions – in order not to repeat the chaotic scenes of the 2022 summer season.