Flights cancelled on eve of strikes at Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund and Hanover airports

The German public services union, Verdi, which represents 2.14 million workers, has voted for a strike this Wednesday in support of a 6% wage rise. Areas in the above airports which will be affected will include ground services, check-in, shops, aviation security inspectors and the fire service. It is expected that at Munich alone over 54,000 passengers will be affected.
A certain level of confusion has arisen over the length of time of strike, which is to start between midnight and 4.30am depending on the airport, will last for, despite being classed as a one-day strike. At Munich it is understood this is to be a full-day strike, but at Frankfurt it has been indicated the strike will end at 3pm. Because one of the major areas affected by the strike will be airport security checks, all intercontinental flights from Munich have been canceled on the day. One airline, Lufthansa, hopes to operate the majority of its international flights from Frankfurt though, and expects schedules there to return to normal after 3pm. German and domestic routes are also heavily affected and despite Lufthansa hoping to operate 90 flights throughout the day to and from Munich, the airline has had to cancel 545 flights.
At Frankfurt, the picture is similar for Lufthansa, with 350 flights being cancelled, which will affect approximately 33,000 passengers, though over 500 flights to and from the airport will still be able to go ahead. The airline also expects to cancel flights to and from Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Hannover airports.