The funds come from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve and expand airports around the country. More than 100 airports will receive grants totaling nearly $1 billion.
Ground staff at German airline Lufthansa walked out at major airports on Wednesday, raising the pressure in wage talks and piling misery on travellers in Europe's biggest economy already hit by strikes on railways and public transport. Some 100,000 passengers will be affected by the industrial action, which started at 4 a.m. (0300 GMT) and is due to run until 7:10 a.m. on Thursday, the national carrier has said. The Verdi union has targeted the Frankfurt and Munich airports, where Lufthansa says only 10%-20% of flights will operate, as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Duesseldorf.
Travellers planning to fly into or out of 11 major German airports on Thursday will have to make alternative arrangements. Airport security staff at the airports in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin, Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hanover, Stuttgart, Erfurt and Dresden have begun a one day strike due to last until Thursday night. The Verdi union began its strike action late on Wednesday evening at Cologne/Bonn airport, where, according to Verdi, the night shift for passenger control did not turn
A one-day strike by German aviation security workers at 11 large airports in the country on Thursday is set to cause widespread disruption to passenger air service. Security staff plan to strike at the airports in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin, Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hanover, Stuttgart, Erfurt and Dresden. The strike will begin at the Cologne/Bonn Airport on Wednesday evening at 9 pm (2000 GMT), according to the Verdi trade union. Other airports, including in Munich and Nuremberg, ar