Frankfurt Airport cancels all regular air traffic on Monday

Following nationwide strike announcements by trade unions in the transport sector, Germany's busiest airport, Frankfurt Airport, has cancelled all regular air traffic next Monday, reported doa.

"All tasks that enable full flight operations" are suspended due to the strike, the operating company Fraport announced on Thursday.

"Fraport therefore urges passengers to refrain from travelling to the airport."

They said transfer services would not take place either.

According to Fraport, about 1,170 take-offs and landings with a total of about 160,000 passengers were originally planned for that day.

The trade unions EVG and Verdi on Thursday announced the joint industrial action, which comes after numerous previous strikes that have hit all parts of the German economy in recent months.