Further warning strikes by aviation security staff will result in restrictions for passengers in Germany on Friday. Members of the Verdi union have called warning strikes at Hanover, Dortmund, Weeze, Dresden, Leipzig and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airports. Several thousand passengers are affected. The first employees went on strike in Hanover late on Thursday evening. Verdi is using the warning strikes to increase pressure on employers ahead of the next round of negotiations on March 20.
Hundreds of connections were already canceled on Thursday
Warning strikes by security staff at five German airports had already brought operations to a virtual standstill on Thursday. Airports in Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and Cologne/Bonn were affected. As a rule, all departures were canceled because passengers and goods could no longer pass through security checks. There were also numerous cancellations of landings. According to estimates by the airport association ADV, more than 580 flights were canceled. For Friday, the association expects a significantly lower number of canceled connections.
