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Hamburg airport cancels all flights on Sunday due to trade union strike

Hamburg, Mar 9 (UNI) Hamburg Airport has said it is canceling all incoming and outgoing flights on Sunday due to an unannounced strike organized by the Verdi trade union.
"Without any notice, the union Verdi has called on the services at Hamburg Airport to go on strike immediately, Sunday 9 March. For this reason, the airport is closed and there will be no departures or arrivals all day," the airport said on X.
On Friday, DPA agency reported that the ADV airport association expects more than 3,400 flights to be canceled on Monday due to a planned strike by employees at 11 airports in Germany. The report said the strike would affect the airports of Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main, Dusseldorf, Dortmund, Hanover, Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Cologne Bonn Airport and Leipzig/Halle.
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