Verdi, the German transport union, is striking again. After two regional strikes in Cologne and Hamburg about ten days ago, here's a new 24-hour "warning" strike by airport security staff on monday 10 march. It affects 13 airports in the country.
As precise as a clock, strike begins at 0:00 on monday ending at 11.59pm. But there are some regional differences. For example, the strike starts at 2am in Düsseldorf and at 5am in Cologne/Bonn and Leipzig. With a staggered resumption of flights.
Nonetheless, Nearly 95% of flights will disappear this Monday. Car strike affects Lufthansa's two hubs in Frankfurt and Munich but also the very important airports of Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover and Stuttgart. Smaller platforms such as Bremen, Dortmund, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Leipzig and Weeze (a few kilometres from the Dutch border towards Nijmegen).
It should be noted thatonly one city in Germany benefits from flights this Monday Nuremberg, whose airport is served by Air France is not on strike. It can be used as aalternative for passengers wishing to travel to Munich or even Frankfurt.
According to Ralph Beisel, Managing Director of the German Airport Association ADVhe commented. " More than 3,400 flights will not be able to take placeor approximately 510,000 passengers. This industrial action means a dreadful scenario for the passengers concerned. It has far-reaching consequences for individual mobility and economic processes. ". ADV estimates that since the beginning of the year, more than 800,000 passengers have been affected by strikes.
