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Lufthansa pilot strike forces 1,800 flight cancelations
215,000 passengers affected
23 November, 18:45
(ANSA-AP) - ROME - German airline Lufthansa canceled nearly
900 flights on Wednesday and scrapped another 912 scheduled for
Thursday after pilots launched a two-day strike in a pay
dispute.
The Cockpit union initially called members out on a 24-hour strike Wednesday. Late Tuesday night, after Lufthansa tried and failed to have courts block the walkout, it said that they would also strike on Thursday.
The company canceled 876 of the Lufthansa group's planned 3,000 flights on Wednesday, among them 51 long-haul flights, and said that around 100,000 passengers were affected.
It later canceled 912 of roughly 3,000 scheduled flights scheduled for Thursday, including 82 long-haul flights and affecting about 115,000 passengers. The airline expressed "complete incomprehension" at Cockpit's decision to extend the strike. (ANSA-AP)
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The Cockpit union initially called members out on a 24-hour strike Wednesday. Late Tuesday night, after Lufthansa tried and failed to have courts block the walkout, it said that they would also strike on Thursday.
The company canceled 876 of the Lufthansa group's planned 3,000 flights on Wednesday, among them 51 long-haul flights, and said that around 100,000 passengers were affected.
It later canceled 912 of roughly 3,000 scheduled flights scheduled for Thursday, including 82 long-haul flights and affecting about 115,000 passengers. The airline expressed "complete incomprehension" at Cockpit's decision to extend the strike. (ANSA-AP)
