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Added on the 17/02/2023 17:34:46 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Hundreds of flights will be cancelled at eight German airports Tuesday, including at the nation's busiest travel hub Frankfurt, as security staff walk off the job in a deepening row over pay. IMAGES
The boards at at an empty Munich airport announce a litany of cancellations as as transport staff across Germany stage a major strike to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation. Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe's top economy are expected to heed a call by the Verdi and EVG unions to the 24-hour walkout. IMAGES
Departure boards at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport show delayed flights, as a nationwide strike aimed at ramping up pressure on Israel's government to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza begins. IMAGES
Berlin Brandenburg Airport is near deserted as airport security staff across Germany stage a walkout, the latest industrial action to plague Europe's biggest economy. Berlin airport has said there will be no flights departing on February 1 from the terminals which usually serve about 50,000 passengers on average daily. IMAGES
Several hundred employees demonstrate outside Terminal 3 at Orly airport, near Paris, to demand pay rises. IMAGES
Several hundred employees of Aéroports de Paris and airport subcontractors protest in front of Terminal 2E at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport to demand higher pay. The strike led to a quarter of flights being grounded, runways closed and passengers delayed on Thursday morning. IMAGES
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