A country-wide General strike brings to public life in Belgium largely to a Standstill. Are also affected the air and rail transport. The walkout could have an impact on a NATO.
Strike at Brussels airport
For the whole of Wednesday, several large trade unions have called the General strike. You are asking for a better pay in all sectors and an increase in the pensions.
The air space over Belgium closed for normal air traffic to a complete. It could not be guaranteed that sufficient staff are available to ensure the safety and security of air traffic control and transport service providers Skeyes. The 24-hour block on Wednesday evening at 22.00.
Also, Frankfurt airport is affected
At the airport of Brussels, 591 passenger should, therefore, and cargo flights to be cancelled. Of these, around 60,000 passengers were affected, said the airport. This also had an impact on other Airports. 16 Connections to and from Brussels were cancelled in Frankfurt, a spokeswoman for the operator Fraport said. In Amsterdam, there was, according to the European air navigation Eurocontrol delays.
The railway company SNCB, said that half of all train services in the country of the event. In Brussels and other cities, most U-Bahn trains, trams and buses remained in the Depots. Ships in the port of Antwerp were loading and unloading. It came to blockades of factories.
Defence Ministers meet in Brussels
Possible effects on a lunch in Brussels in the beginning of the end of a Meeting of NATO defense Ministers. A Skeyes spokesman said flights of government and military machinery of governments and the military are expected to be possible.
A part of the delegations of the 29 NATO countries wanted to arrive with scheduled flights, and also some Ministers, as it was called from several member States. If necessary, the Minister would have to be by your Ambassador to NATO represented. In part, the delegations tried to but already on Tuesday evening in Brussels to arrive.
A NATO spokesman stated that it had “no evidence of any impact on the Meeting”. There is also no proposed Changes to the process.
gri/as (afp, dpa, ape)