Since both airports stopped their regular passenger operations, Lufthansa was forced to take this step, the company said. In total, more than 1,300 flights would be canceled. Lufthansa has informed the affected passengers and is offering alternative connections as far as possible.
In addition to the Frankfurt and Munich hubs, Verdi is on strike tomorrow at the airports in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Bremen, Hanover and Dortmund. Here, too, the operators expect delays and flight cancellations. According to the union, flights with relief supplies are exempt from the strike.
Today there had already been strikes at Leipzig/Halle Airport and in many municipal administrations in North Rhine-Westphalia. Verdi wants to put pressure on the ongoing collective bargaining for the public sector at federal and local level. The union demands a wage increase of 10.5 percent for a period of one year, but at least 500 euros more per month.
This message was broadcast on Deutschlandfunk on February 16, 2023.
