Irish travellers face disruption as German airport strike cancels hundreds of flights

Security workers at most of Germany’s major airports walked out on Thursday in a one-day strike to step up pressure in a pay dispute, prompting widespread flight cancellations.

The ver.di union, which announced the walkout on Tuesday, called on workers to strike at Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Hannover, Dresden, Bremen and Erfurt airports.

Airports in Bavaria, including Munich, the country’s second-busiest, were not affected.

All departures for the day from Berlin, Hamburg ...