Aircraft are grounded at Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart,
Bremen, Hamburg, Hanover and Dortmund.
More than 2,300 flights have been cancelled affecting
300,000 passengers, with air travel effectively wiped-out.
Members of the Ver.di union and Civil Service Association
are demanding a 10.5% pay increase for workers.
At Leipzig Airport, a handful of international flights got
away this morning but domestic flights were cancelled.
At Frankfurt Airport, a couple of passengers wheeled
suitcases through what is usually the bustling departures terminal. It was, one
local TV reporter noted, almost as empty as it had been during the Covid
pandemic.
The action coincided with the start of the high-profile
gathering of world leaders and defense experts at the Munich Security
Conference.
The arrival of prominent guests was not expected to be
affected but other delegates were advised to travel by train.
Airports handling emergency aid for earthquake victims in
Turkey and Syria have said that those cargo flights would continue as
scheduled.
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