Munich Airport management in Germany decided to cancel more than 700 passenger flights, on Friday, due to a strike by the ground and security staff, while the city is preparing to host the Munich Security Conference.
“There will be no regular passenger flights from 00:00 Friday until 00:01 Saturday morning. More than 700 landing and take-off flights will be affected,” the airport said in a statement.
It will only operate some special flights, such as “humanitarian and medical flights” and those carrying participants to the Munich Security Conference, a diplomatic meeting hosting international leaders from Friday to Sunday.
And the “Verdi” union called for workers in 7 of Germany’s largest airports to strike, amid tense negotiations over wages.
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Frankfurt Airport, the country’s largest, warned that air traffic would be “significantly disrupted” and advised travelers to “refrain from traveling to the airport”.
The one-day stoppage will also affect the airports of Bremen, Dortmund, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart.
These announcements come at a time when Munich and Frankfurt airports were largely disrupted, on Wednesday, due to a glitch in the computer system of the “Lufthansa” company, following accidental damage to an underground wire at the Ashghal site.
Why do workers strike?
• Unions and employers are negotiating public sector workers, airport employees and air security personnel, who are demanding better wages to compensate for the loss of purchasing power caused by high inflation.
• The “Verdi” union carried out a similar strike at Berlin airport last month, which led to the cancellation or rescheduling of some 300 flights.
• Inflation levels recorded in recent months in Germany, which peaked at 10.4 percent in October, have caused tension during annual wage negotiations in various sectors, sometimes accompanied by strikes.
• Postal employees have carried out several days of strike since the beginning of the year, at the call of the “Verdi” union, which is specifically demanding a 15 percent increase in wages.
