According to the airport operator Fraport AG, it will not be possible to start a flight from Frankfurt this Tuesday.
The reason: the Verdi union has called on the employees in the aviation security division, who work in passenger control and in personnel and goods control, to go on strike.
According to Verdi, the walkout will begin at 2 a.m. and end at 11 p.m.
According to Fraport, all security checks outside the transit area will therefore be closed.
During the strike, passengers who actually wanted to start their journey in Frankfurt will have no way of catching their flight.
Fraport is therefore asking all passengers who wanted to start their flight in Frankfurt not to come to the airport in the first place.
Those affected should contact the respective airline or tour operator for further information.
In addition to Frankfurt, strikes have been announced in Hamburg, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden.
Already this Monday, employees in the aviation security sector have been called to all-day warning strikes at Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Bremen, Leipzig and Berlin airports.
No agreement has been reached in the three rounds of negotiations so far, which have primarily involved higher fees for security forces at commercial airports.
Verdi is negotiating nationwide for around 25,000 industry employees with the Federal Association of Aviation Security Companies (BDLS).
In addition to a wage increase of at least one euro per hour, Verdi wants to achieve the alignment of regional wages to the highest level, which would mean a significant wage increase, especially for industry employees in eastern Germany.
“The work of the aviation security forces must remain financially attractive so that the urgently needed specialists can be recruited.
At least 150 specialists are currently needed in Frankfurt in order to be able to check passengers in a reasonable time and to avoid long queues," said Verdi negotiator Wolfgang Pieper.
The negotiator for the Federal Association of Aviation Security Companies BDLS, Rainer Friebertshäuser, had previously accused Verdi of being more interested in strikes than in a speedy agreement.
The threat of further strike measures is also inappropriate with a view to deliveries of relief and supplies and trips by helpers to Ukraine and neighboring countries.