“According to the current status, all flights between Vienna and the Stuttgart, Munich, Hamburg and Frankfurt destinations will be canceled tomorrow – a total of 54 flights – 27 departure and 27 arrival flights – between Vienna and these four airports,” it said. the airport on Thursday.
As it stands, connections between Vienna and Bremen, Dortmund and Hanover have yet to be affected by the German labor dispute, “but we cannot rule out the possibility of an impact here either,” a spokesperson for Vienna Airport said. He recommends travelers check the status of their booked flights with their airline or tour operator.
Suspended passenger operations
There are also connections from domestic state federal airports to German airports, which will go on strike on Friday. The German airport association ADV expects that much of the domestic and international air traffic will not take place on Friday. Airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart and Hamburg announced that they would stop regular passenger operations on Friday.
Regular passenger operations will not be possible in Frankfurt on Friday, operator Fraport said. Emergency flights are excluded. In Frankfurt alone, 1,005 flight movements were planned for Friday. Fraport spoke of 137,000 affected passengers. Switchers are also affected. Lufthansa had to cancel around 1,200 flights at its most important locations in Frankfurt and Munich alone.
“attack tactics toy”
Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen are also affected by the stoppage. It must start on Friday morning and end on Saturday night. Aid deliveries for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria must be excluded. According to ADV, the warning strike will lead to a good 2,340 flight cancellations. “More than 295,000 passengers become the pawn of ver.di strike tactics”, he criticized the association and spoke of an “unprecedented escalation”.
With the stoppage, employees want to emphasize their claims in the collective bargaining dispute between the federal and municipal governments. In addition to public service, there are local negotiations for groundhandling services and a round of German-wide collective agreements for aviation safety.
Outage during security conference
The wake-up strike comes at the start of the Munich Security Conference, which is one of the most important security policy meetings in the world and lasts from Friday to Sunday. Flights to the security conference are exempt from the suspension of normal passenger operations in Munich, the airport stressed. The conference is working to ensure the arrival of participants.
Ver.di and the German Association of Public Employees (DBB) are demanding 10.5% more income in the collective dispute, but at least 500 euros more for the approximately 2.5 million federal and local employees. The period must be twelve months. Employers rejected the claims. The second round of negotiations is scheduled for the 22nd and 23rd of February, in Potsdam.