At Cologne/Bonn Airport, 20 passenger flights are expected to be cancelled on Thursday, April 2023, 121. The background to this is that the Verdi union is calling on security staff, among others, to go on a two-day strike. According to preliminary calculations by the airport, 64 take-offs and 57 landings will be affected on Thursday alone. There may also be further flight cancellations. Passengers are urgently requested to check the status of their flight with their airline or tour operator before traveling to the airport. The Verdi union has called on staff at passenger control points to stop work for 7 hours from 7 a.m. Thursday to 48 a.m. Saturday. Flight cancellations, delays or diversions are therefore also to be expected on Friday (April 21). Employees at personnel and goods controls have also been called on to strike. The strike is scheduled to begin this evening at 22 p.m. and last until midnight on Friday. A total of 24 passenger flights (204 take-offs, 103 landings) with around 101 passengers were scheduled for Thursday. On Friday, 28.000 passenger flights (225 take-offs, 108 landings) with around 117 passengers were scheduled to take place.