A two-day strike by workers at Munich Airport, Germany’s second-biggest, has started. The airport operator said Thursday that airlines had canceled about 80% of their flights to and from Munich and further cancelations were not ruled out.

Munich airport said that a strike by public sector union Verdi on Thursday and Friday has prompted airlines to cancel about 80% of flights there. Germany's second-largest hub said in a statement on its website that there was a risk that more flights could be cancelled and that passengers planning to travel through Munich should contact their airlines.

The strike at Germany’s second-largest airport after Frankfurt comes at a busy time for travel, just ahead of the carnival season in the southern region of Bavaria

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Germany's Munich and Hamburg airports were hit by strikes by public sector union Verdi on Thursday and Friday, with airlines cancelling about 80% of flights in Munich. Munich, Germany's second-largest hub,

Public sector workers and ground staff at Munich Airport are set to launch a two-day strike starting Thursday after wage negotiations ended without

Over in Germany, public sector workers and ground staff at Munich Airport are set to go on a two-day strike on 27 and 28 February, while Athens also is also facing disruption

Public sector workers and ground staff at Munich Airport will go on a two-day strike starting Thursday after wage negotiations ended without result, the Verdi union said on Monday.

A trade union has called a strike for workers Germany's second largest airport on Thursday and Friday. Travel disruptions loom as airlines are set to cancel around 1,600 flights over two days.

Most flight connections at the Munich Airport in Germany will be cancelled on Thursday and Friday due to a strike by airport workers called by the verdi trade union Verdi. Of the more than 1,600 planned flights,