Thousands of Berliners are facing travel misery after ground crews at both the German capital’s airports started striking early on Friday morning, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations. A spokesperson for the local airport association confirmed that almost every single flight out of and into both Berlin airports had been affected by the strike, Thelocal.de reported. At Tegel airport in the north of the city, 455 flights were called off, while at Schoenefeld airport 204 flights were cancelled. Customers with the airlines Lufthansa, Eurowings and Air Berlin flying inside Germany could have their tickets converted into train tickets with Deutsche Bahn (German Rail). The strike also comes on the weekend when Berlin hosts the International Tourism Fair, which is expected to draw tens of thousands of visitors from across Europe.

Source: The Local March 10, 2017 22:30 UTC