Flight cancellations at Hamburg Airport affect more than 40,000 passengers

Flight cancellations at Hamburg Airport affect more than 40,000 passengers
An area in front of the security checkpoints is empty at Hamburg Airport, Germany after a surprise strike by workers (Georg Wendt/dpa via AP)

Flight cancellations at Hamburg Airport after a surprise strike by workers affected more than 40,000 passengers on Sunday, a day before a planned wider protest across Germany amid new contract negotiations.

Only 10 of more than 280 scheduled flights went as planned early on Sunday, the airport said. Many service desks sat empty as would-be passengers lined up to seek information about the cancellations.

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