PHOTOS | German airports empty as service staff strike demanding pay hike

Airport employees organized in the Komba union walk through the Frankfurt airport, when all major airports in Germany went on a warning strike on Monday | AP

The empty Terminal 1 at the Frankfurt airport. Major disruptions loom at German airports on Monday after a services union announced strike action for better pay for ground personnel | AFP

Closed check-in counters are pictured at the Frankfurt airport. The strike also hit airport hubs in Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart | AFP

The empty parking lot of the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport's Terminal 1 is pictured during a strike of German union Verdi at the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport | AFP

A display showing cancelled flights due to a strike of German union Verdi at the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) in Schoenefeld | AFP

Terminal 1 at the Frankfurt airport wears a deserted look as strike by service staff union has disrupted flight services | AFP

An airport staff member walks through the empty parking lot of the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport's Terminal 1 during a strike of German union Verdi at the airport in Schoenefeld | AFP