Over 60 flights are cancelled after a strike hit Switzerland's second-largest airport in Geneva, affecting about 8,000 passengers
A traveller walks by picket line during a strike at Geneva's international airport on June 30, 2023. / Photo: AFP
"Because of the social action... the direction decided a temporary halt of operations from 6:00 am to 10:00 am ," the airport said in a tweet early on Friday."64 flights — arrivals and departures — cancelled." Many police and security staff were posted in front of the terminal and only passengers for flights scheduled for after the strike period were being allowed inside.. There’s a strike in Geneva airport tomorrow. They’ve delayed my fight and I now leave after my connection in Zurich. They won’t guarantee me another connection, stranding me there.About 50 striking workers and trade unionists were protesting outside the terminal's main entrance.
Nearly 6.8 million passengers used the airport between January and May, according to official statistics.
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