Passengers have begun to feel the impact of a Lufthansa strike, as 70 flights were cancelled on Tuesday.
The start of the strike by ground personnel on Monday had caused few disruptions in the busy holiday season, due to precautionary measures taken by Lufthansa. A spokesman said most of the cities affected had more than one connection per day, allowing customers to be rebooked. Trade union Ver.di said the strike would later spread to Berlin's two airports, Tegel and Schönefeld, as well as Merkel addresses CSU conference ...
Lufthansa faces strike at the peak of holiday season ... Stuttgart and Nuremberg in the south. The union is demanding 9.8 per cent more pay for 50,000 ground and cabin staff. Lufthansa, Europe's second biggest airline, has offered 6.7 percent.
(Deutsche Welle)
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