A TWO-DAY strike by workers at Munich Airport, Germany’s second-biggest, started today and resulted in most flights being cancelled.

The airport operator said that airlines had cancelled about 80 per cent of their flights to and from Munich and further cancellations were not ruled out.

The ver.di service workers’ union called the “warning strike,” a tactic often used in German pay negotiations, on Monday as it seeks to step up pressure in ongoing talks with the federal government and municipal authorities on wages and working conditions for public-sector employees.