Massive flight cancellations: Warning strike meets travelers between Austria and Germany!

Massive flight cancellations: Warning strike meets travelers between Austria and Germany!

A massive warning strike at 13 German airports caused chaos in air traffic on Monday, March 10th. As Vienna Airport reported, 45 flights between Vienna and various German airports were canceled. The protest of the Verdi union aims to increase the pressure on the federal government and the association of municipal employers' associations before the upcoming third round of negotiations in the current collective bargaining.

travelers who have booked flights from or to Germany must expect far -reaching deletions. In addition to the 45 canceled connections from Vienna, numerous flights between German airports and other Austrian cities such as Graz, Salzburg and Innsbruck are also affected. The Austrian Airlines (AUA) alone warned of considerable restrictions and recommended that the passengers inform themselves directly on the Airlines websites about current flight information. Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart, where the flights were deleted due to the strike, are particularly affected, as the reports of the Vienna Airport Society show, which recorded the status quo in a dramatic overview.

scope of the strikes and affected airports

Already on Sunday, Hamburg Airport paralyzed the company, while the strike announcement took place only 30 minutes in advance to achieve maximum effects. The warning strikes carried out by the public service employees and ground traffic services concern, among others, Munich, Cologne-Bonn, Berlin-Brandenburg and Düsseldorf. In Styria, the authorities expect "significant restrictions" in air traffic to Graz, and the regional airports such as in Linz and Klagenfurt have also canceled flights to Germany.

Vienna Airport and the responsible airline AUA advise all passengers to inform themselves about their booked flights in good time. The 24-hour strike is organized by the Verdi union to put pressure on another tariff conflict. The effects of the strike are not only noticeable in Germany, but also in Austria and show how pronounced European air traffic is, as is Sn.at reported.