Airport chaos: 45 flights to Germany fail on Monday!

Airport chaos: 45 flights to Germany fail on Monday!

Wien, Österreich - Great turbulence in the sky over Austria and Germany: Already on Monday, the warning strike of the German union Verdi has massive effects on air traffic. At 13 airports in Germany, including the central turnstile Frankfurt hub, almost all flights have been canceled - a total of around 1,054 of 1,116 planned starts and landings. Around 150,000 passengers are affected, while passengers at Frankfurt Airport cannot climb a new plane, as the operator informed Fraport. The strikes also have a significant impact on other airports such as Hamburg, Munich and Berlin, which Kleine Zeitung reports.

flight cancellations in Austria

As a result of the strikes, 45 flights between Vienna and German cities were canceled at Vienna Airport, as Vienna Airport announced in a press release. The connections from Salzburg to Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin and Düsseldorf are also affected, which significantly affects around 1,000 passengers. In addition, all flights to Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt fail in Graz. The situation in Innsbruck and Linz is particularly critical, where flights were also painted. According to estimates by the ADV airport association, more than 3,400 flights have failed, and about 510,000 passengers could not travel as planned, as it was reported.

The strike actions are expected to take 24 hours and are part of a larger tariff content, in which, among other things, 8 percent more wages are required and additional free days. So far, however, employers have not submitted a specific offer of what the people of the employees heat. The union emphasizes that further warning strikes are planned in other public service facilities in the next few days and that the current collective bargaining round is of crucial importance.