The Verdi union is calling on security staff at eleven German airports to go on strike on February 1, 2024. Passengers must expect considerable restrictions and many flight cancellations, as individual airports have already announced that there will be no departures at all on Thursday. At the airports in Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Leipzig/Halle, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt and Stuttgart, Verdi members who work in security have been called on to go on strike on February 1, 2024. This means that security checks can only be carried out to a limited extent or, in some places, not at all. Hamburg Airport made the following announcement: “The Verdi union has called on security check employees at airports nationwide to go on strike from 31 p.m. on Wednesday, January 2024, 22, to 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 2024, 22 - Hamburg Airport is also affected. The central security checkpoint must remain closed all day on Thursday due to the ver.di strike. For this reason, all 126 departures on Thursday will be cancelled or will take place without passengers.” There will also be no commercial flights with passengers at BER on the day of the strike. The operating company wrote in a statement: “Due to the warning strike announced by the ver.di union for the aviation security forces at several commercial airports, no departures will be possible at Berlin Brandenburg Airport next Thursday, February 1, 2024. The airport company officially informed its partners, such as the airlines, ground handling service providers, security companies and local commercial enterprises, of this in the evening. Affected passengers are asked to contact their airline for information about rebookings and alternative travel options. Arrivals may also be affected. The respective airport operator will decide on this.