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At several airports in Germany, there are delays and flight cancellations due to all-day warning strikes, according to industry sources, tens of thousands of travelers are affected.
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After the employees at the passenger controls at six airports stopped working on Monday morning, the two largest airports closed on Tuesday Frankfurt and Munich along with Hamburg, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden affected.
Frankfurt Airport advises: Do not arrive on Tuesday
Warning strikes at airports: Security forces stop work
The Verdi union has called on security forces in passenger control at several German airports to go on all-day warning strikes on Monday.
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The Frankfurt Airport website showed that many departures had already been canceled on Tuesday. The airport operator Fraport had previously asked travelers who wanted to board in Frankfurt not to travel to the airport.
There will be no way to catch the scheduled flight for the entire duration of the strike. Because: “In particular, the security checks outside the transit area remain closed all day,” said the airport on Monday via Twitter. Delays are expected in the transit processes with changing passengers.
According to Fraport, 130 of 818 flights scheduled for the day were canceled. A company spokeswoman said it was quiet in the terminals because most of the guests had not even arrived after the warnings had been issued. Around 71,000 passengers were originally expected in Frankfurt on Tuesday.
Hamburg: No departures on Tuesday
Am Hamburger Airport all departures are canceled on Tuesday. “At this point in time, all 87 departures that were scheduled for Hamburg today have been cancelled,” said Hamburg Airport on Tuesday morning. The security checks for passengers are closed all day, so there are no departures. All passengers who wanted to take off from Hamburg on Tuesday were asked not to come to the airport and to contact their airline. As for arrivals, 18 out of 89 scheduled landings were cancelled.
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Stuttgart and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden: flight cancellations on Tuesday
Passengers at Stuttgart Airport had to wait significantly longer than usual on Tuesday morning. Security checks were significantly delayed due to warning strikes by employees. Some companies had already canceled flights the day before because of the action announced by the Verdi union. “We have had significant waiting times since 9 a.m.,” said a spokeswoman for Stuttgart Airport on Tuesday.
In addition, 28 of 50 departures are in Stuttgart been canceled for the day. “Passengers should check the status of their flight before heading to the airport,” the spokeswoman said.
In Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden there were longer queues on Tuesday morning. “It takes about twice as long as usual,” said Airport Managing Director Uwe Kotzan. “But everything is going well at the moment. The company has organized an emergency operation.” Kotzan said he was confident that no flights would have to be canceled on Tuesday. “We will not leave any passengers here at the airport.”
Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn: several flight cancellations on Monday
Already on Monday there were strikes at eight airports, including Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, the capital’s BER airport, Hanover, Bremen and Leipzig/Halle. As a result, several hundred flights were cancelled.
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Why are there strikes at the airports?
Verdi is negotiating with the employers’ association BDLS about a new collective agreement for around 25,000 security forces nationwide. Three rounds of negotiations had so far remained unsuccessful. Both sides want to meet in Berlin on Wednesday and Thursday for further negotiations.
Verdi wants to sign a contract for twelve months and increase hourly wages by at least one euro. The salaries of baggage and staff inspectors should reach the level of employees in passenger control. Employees in aircraft security and boarding pass control should be paid the same nationwide.
“The short-term industrial action means a horror scenario for the passengers, who have no way of preparing for the flight cancellations,” criticized Ralph Beisel, the general manager of the Working Group of German Airports. At the same time, he referred to the high losses that the airports are generating in the Corona crisis. A spokesman for the Frankfurt operator Fraport said they had no understanding for such a comprehensive strike that was carried out on the backs of the passengers.
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