Strikes will ground flights on Thursday at some of Germany\u2019s biggest airports, including the global hub Frankfurt, in the latest wave of industrial action by transport workers to hit Europe\u2019s largest economy, officials said on Wednesday.
\nThe labour union Verdi has called for strikes by security staff at airports across the country as it raises pressure on the government in wage talks.
\n\u201cThe security checkpoints outside the transit area will be closed. It is therefore not possible to board flights from Frankfurt,\u201d airport operator Fraport said in a statement.
\nAll passengers who had planned to start their journey in Frankfurt were therefore asked to not come to the airport, Fraport said, adding that 1,050 departures and arrivals had been scheduled originally.
\nA spokesperson for Berlin Brandenburg\u2019s airport said all departures would be cancelled on Thursday but that flights would go back to normal on Friday at the start of the winter holidays in Germany\u2019s capital.
\nHamburg airport said it would take similar measures.
\n\u201cAll 126 departures on Thursday will be cancelled or will take place without passengers,\u201d the airport said, adding that cancellations and delays are also to be expected for arrivals.
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