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Airport Strikes Disrupt Airports Across Germany

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DUSSELDORF, GERMANY - CIRCA OCTOBER, 2018: Dusseldorf airport sign in the daytime.

 

Travelers to or through Germany will have a tougher time than usual this week as workers walk off the job in wage disputes.

Cologne/Bonn and Düsseldorf report widespread cancellations and delays today as members of the Ver.di union working in administration, check-in, aircraft handling, passenger and crew transport, and baggage handling went on a 24-hour strike today (Monday). But the big one is yet to come, as a two-day strike is planned at Munich Airport, from midnight Wednesday and until midnight Friday.

In the second strike this month at Düsseldorf Airport, at least 30% of the 334 scheduled flights are being canceled. Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), meanwhile, a strike has canceled more than 100 flights.

In Munich, the second-largest airport behind Frankfurt, “significant impacts on traffic operations are to be expected,” the airport website cautions.

All three airports urged passengers to check the status of their flights with their airline or tour operator before traveling to the airport.

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