The Verdi union is also calling on security staff at numerous German airports to stop work on Friday, March 15, 2024. A strike will also take place on March 14, 2024, which will be extended to Munich Airport at short notice. According to a statement from employee representatives, security staff working in Dresden, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Dortmund, Weeze and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden will go on strike on Friday. On March 14, 2024, strikes will take place in Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Stuttgart, Hamburg and now also in Munich. It is to be expected that an extension announced only at very short notice could take place. Some airports, including Hamburg, Stuttgart and Berlin, have already announced that no regular departures can take place on the respective strike day due to a lack of security checks. In Cologne/Bonn, on the other hand, it is expected that the security lines can be kept at least partially open with a kind of emergency crew. Nevertheless, the airlines have already cancelled more than half of the flights planned for Thursday from this airport. Passengers who want to fly from the affected airports on Thursday and/or Friday should urgently contact their airline to find out whether their flight is even taking place. Some airlines, especially in the holiday flight sector, occasionally relocate to airports further away. Shuttle buses are not always provided. In most cases, however, the flights are cancelled without replacement. Nina Staub, aviation law expert at AirHelp, explains what rights affected passengers have: "Due to the strike by flight security staff, thousands of passengers are expected to not reach their destination as planned. However, as this is a strike by airport staff, affected passengers are not entitled to compensation under the European