Berlin ground staff strike tomorrow (March 10)
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at 16:01 by AMcWhirter.
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AMcWhirterParticipantA strike by ground staff at Berlin’s two airports has just been announced.
The strike is due to start at 0400 hrs on Friday and last until 0500 hrs on Saturday.
It could not have come at a worst time for the many people attending this week’s ITB trade fair.
http://www.dw.com/en/berlin-airports-strike-delays-cancellations-likely/a-37864870
9 Mar 2017
at 13:22
AMcWhirterParticipantGlad the info was useful, FDOS_UK.
The strike has been called for tomorrow. It will cause the maximum disruption for travellers and ITB visitors departing/arriving by air.
Trade ITB visitors will doubtless begin to return home at the end of the week. But ITB (unlike London’s WTM) is open to members of the public and I suspect they will be (or plan to be, if arriving by air) arriving in Berlin from tomorrow onwards. ITB does not close until Sunday March 12.
9 Mar 2017
at 14:34
AMcWhirterParticipantToday’s strike has gone ahead.
https://www.thelocal.de/20170310/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-strike-starts-at-berlin-airports
10 Mar 2017
at 10:52
frustratedflyerParticipantI flew out from Tegel yesterday and ticket counters were busy with people trying to rebook. Ground staff were I believe already working to rule. For my BA flight there was only one security lane open so despite having joined the queue an hour before departure time I was still queuing when the flight boarded and people were still boarding long after we should have left.
10 Mar 2017
at 11:35
Tom OtleyKeymasterEasyjet flew out of Schoenefeld late back to Luton, but to be fair they were late because they’d had to take the long route to avoid the French ATC strike.
As for the airport
https://www.thelocal.de/20170309/berlin-schoenefled-chosen-as-the-worst-airport-in-the-world
10 Mar 2017
at 14:30
AMcWhirterParticipantAnyone intending to fly into either of Berlin’s two airports tomorrow (when the strike was supposed to have ended) must think again.
This morning the Verdi union announced the strike would be extended by an extra day until early Wednesday morning.
13 Mar 2017
at 12:56
AMcWhirterParticipantThe current strike ends tomorrow (Wednesday) at 0400 hrs local time.
Verdi union says there will be no further walkouts this week.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-airport-strike-idUKKBN16L16M
14 Mar 2017
at 20:20
AMcWhirterParticipantSome good news today.
It’s reported in Germany that Verdi and the employers have agreed to mediation. It now means that there will be no strikes at Berlin’s airports for the time being.
15 Mar 2017
at 21:56
AMcWhirterParticipantThere will be no further strikes at Berlin’s two airports. Local media reports that the ground staff unions have now reached a deal with airport management.
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