Hundreds of flights cancelled in fresh round of strikes at German airports

Hundreds of flights cancelled in fresh round of strikes at German airports

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German union Verdi referred to as for strikes final month as staff demand extra pay because of excessive inflation.

Airport security and ground handling workers are also protesting staffing problems following the post-pandemic travel rebound.
Airport safety and floor dealing with staff are additionally protesting staffing issues following the post-pandemic journey rebound.
(Reuters)

Strikes at 4 German
airports have led to the cancellation of lots of of flights within the newest bout of commercial motion to disrupt journey
plans in latest months.

The newest spherical of strikes on Friday follows a name by the German union Verdi to safety and floor dealing with
employees at airports in Duesseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart and
Baden-Baden to strike over pay and dealing situations.

Cologne/Bonn Airport mentioned that 144 flights had been cancelled as
a end result, whereas Duesseldorf Airport mentioned earlier within the week it
was engaged on a “significantly reduced flight schedule”. It had
initially scheduled 368 take-offs and landings for Friday.

“No take-offs and landings are attainable all day because of the
Verdi strike,” Stuttgart Airport mentioned in a press release, calling on
passengers to not journey to the airport.

Earlier this week, Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg airports
cancelled all business flights because of strike motion, the
newest in a string of walkouts because the post-pandemic journey
rebound fuels staffing issues and staff name for extra pay
because of excessive inflation.

A sequence of strikes and protests have hit main European economies, together with France, Britain and Spain, as larger meals and power costs knock incomes and residing requirements.

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