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Travellers planning to fly into or out of 11 major German airports on Thursday will have to make alternative arrangements. Airport security staff at the airports in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin, Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hanover, Stuttgart, Erfurt and Dresden have begun a one day strike due to last until Thursday night. The Verdi union began its strike action late on Wednesday evening at Cologne/Bonn airport, where, according to Verdi, the night shift for passenger control did not turn

Germany experiences widespread flight chaos as airport staff strike for higher pay. Major airports, including Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich, face extensive cancellations and passenger delays.

An expected 200,000 passengers were expected to be affected by the action at 11 major airports, the latest show of labor unrest in Germany.

Security staff at 11 German airports, including the global hub Frankfurt, walked off the job on Thursday to press for higher pay, grounding flights and inflicting more pain on Europe's largest economy.The 24-hour strike, called by labour union Verdi, is the latest in a series of industrial actions t

Tens of thousands of passengers were grounded as airport security personnel throughout Germany, including the international hub Frankfurt, walked off the job to demand better wages.