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Added on the 16/09/2022 08:17:47 - Copyright : France 24 EN
The departures board says it all at Charles De Gaulle airport north of Paris: dozens of flights are cancelled as air traffic controllers strike in France over demands for higher wages. IMAGES
Hundreds of flights are cancelled at French airports despite the country's main air traffic controllers' union dropping a call for a one-day strike after making a deal for higher pay. IMAGES
The boards at at an empty Munich airport announce a litany of cancellations as as transport staff across Germany stage a major strike to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation. Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe's top economy are expected to heed a call by the Verdi and EVG unions to the 24-hour walkout. IMAGES
Images of cancelled flights and long queues at Frankfurt airport where German national carrier Lufthansa says it will have to cancel almost all flights because of a planned strike by ground crew. More than 1,000 flights will be scrapped, affecting around 134,000 passengers. The strike is scheduled to last from 0145 GMT on Wednesday until 0400 GMT on Thursday and comes as ground workers seek a higher pay rise than the one offered by Lufthansa so far. IMAGES
It is early on Monday morning and commuters are again confronted with uncertainty as they attempt to get to and from work at Saint-Lazare station in Paris. It is the 12th consecutive day of a nationwide strike against pension reform. IMAGES
France's state-owned railway operator SNCF kicks off a fresh day of strikes, causing a number of delays and cancellations across the network, with two out of three high-speed TGV trains cancelled. IMAGES from Paris Saint-Lazare station
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