Strike by security staff at major German airports cancels hundreds of flights

The ver.di union, which announced the walkout on Tuesday afternoon, called on workers to strike at 11 airports: Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Hannover, Dresden, Bremen and Erfurt. Airports in Bavaria — including Munich, the country's second-busiest — were not affected. All departures for the day from Berlin, Hamburg and Stuttgart were cancelled before the strike started.