Frankfurt, Germany: Ground staff plans to extend strike

Posted on June 28, 2012 • Filed under: Europe, Travel News

FRANKFURT, Feb 20, (Agencies): Travellers in Europe face further delays and flight cancellations this week as ground staff at Frankfurt airport plan to extend their strike until early on Wednesday, with neither side in the dispute showing any sign of giving ground. The strike by apron controllers at Europe’s third-busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers, which grounded hundreds of flights last week, went into a third day on Monday and was scheduled to continue until 0400 GMT on Wednesday. A spokesman for the GdF union said it was quite likely that the workers would strike again on Wednesday. Read article

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