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A two-day strike by ground crew and security staff began Thursday at Munich airport, Germany’s second-largest, cancelling hundreds of flights.
Only 100 of 830 scheduled takeoffs and landings went ahead as planned Thursday, an airport spokesman told reporters.
The workers represented by the Verdi union plan to continue the strike until midnight on Friday.
Verdi is demanding an eight per cent pay rise for workers or at least 350 euros more per month, as well as higher bonuses for particularly stressful jobs and more days off.
The union said ground and security staff made “an indispensable contribution to the safety and reliability of air traffic – around the clock, in all weather conditions”.
The next round of talks with employers is scheduled for March 14.
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