Budapest - No passengers will be checked in at Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport until at least 1 pm (1200 GMT), a spokesman for airport management said on Saturday as a strike by airport staff entered its fourth day.

"Only two members of passenger security staff out of three shifts due to start work on Saturday morning have taken up their posts," said Domokos Szollar, spokesman for Budapest Airport, the company that runs the airport.

He added that airlines must decide "at the own risk" whether or not to cancel scheduled flights.

Hungary's only major international airport was the scene of chaos since Wednesday morning when staff came out on strike, among them security workers.

Budapest - A dispute between airport staff and management at Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport entered its third day on Friday, causing further queues, cancellations and delays.

The Hungarian Airline Pilots Association was also planning to announce a strike on Friday, Hungarian media reported. Pilots are unhappy with decisions made by Budapest Airport management, the right-wing daily Magyar Hirlap said.

Budapest - The management of Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport were hoping for less disruption on Thursday as airport workers went on strike for a second day.

"The unions will go ahead with the strike and reject the employer's ultimatum that the resumption of negotiations is conditional on us calling off the strike," said Zoltan Kovacs, strike leader and head of one of the two main unions representing workers at the airport, on Thursday morning.

Budapest - Workers at Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport went on strike at 6 am on Wednesday in protest over working conditions and amid fears of redundancies.

A few aircraft were able to take off in the early hours, but at around 7 am security staff joined the strike, effectively stopping passengers from proceeding to the boarding gates.

Domokos Szollar, a spokesman for the airport operator Budapest Airport, said that a new team of security personnel was due to start work at 11 am and it is hoped some of them would be prepared to work. Incoming flights had not been affected so far.

Budapest  - Delays and cancellations are expected when workers at Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport begin an indefinite strike at 6 am (0500 GMT) on Wednesday.

A spokesman for Budapest Airport told the state news agency MTI that there are 250 flights scheduled in and out of Budapest Wednesday.

Krisztina Nemeth, a spokeswoman for the Hungarian national airline Malev said she could not say how many flights will be affected, as Malev had not yet been officially informed of the strike.

Budapest - The Hungarian National Bank announced on Monday a cut in its base rate from 11 per cent to 10.5 per cent.

This is the second time in less than a month that the bank's monetary council has cut its benchmark rate by 50 basis points, the last being on November 24.

The central bank raised its base rate a whopping 3 percentage points to 11.5 percent on October 22 amid fears that speculators could cause a collapse of the national currency, the forint.