UAE-Germany journey: Emirates cancels flights from Dubai to Hamburg, Dusseldorf as airport workers strike
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Dubai: Emirates has cancelled flights to and from German airports in Hamburg and Düsseldorf on April 20 and 21, the airline stated in a press release on Thursday.
Emirates stated the flights had been cancelled as a result of normal strike introduced at these airports by the safety workers. Flights EK058, EK060, EK057, and EK062 to Dusseldorf and Hamburg stay cancelled on April 20. In the meantime, flights EK058 and EK062 to Düsseldorf and Hamburg on April 21 have additionally been cancelled.
Some flight delays have additionally been introduced, together with for flight EK060, scheduled for April 21, which might be delayed and depart from Hamburg on April 22 at 05.30 pm and can function as a substitute as EK8060. “Clients with bookings on the delayed flight might be rebooked to their last vacation spot,” stated Emirates.
UAE carriers Emirates and Etihad have been pressured to cancel flights in February and March as properly. That is the third time UAE-Germany flights have needed to be cancelled on account of industrial motion in German airports. The cancellations and flight delays over the subsequent two days come as an enormous inconvenience to UAE residents and travellers who’ve deliberate journeys to Germany in the course of the Eid holidays.
Airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are gearing up for the busy journey weekend forward of Eid. In the meantime, airports in Europe and the UK have been wrestling with myriad points because the post-pandemic journey growth took impact.
On Wednesday, Hamburg Airport stated all departures can be cancelled or happen with out passengers on Thursday and Friday on account of a strike, with round 80,000 passengers prone to be affected. Arrivals will nonetheless be potential, it added.
The explanation for the strikes are negotiations between Verdi and the Federal Affiliation of Aviation Safety Firms (BDLS) on time bonuses for evening shifts, Saturdays, Sundays and work on public holidays.
