LUFTHANSA STRIKE HITS AIR TRAVEL – German disruption mounts
Ground staff at German airline Lufthansa walked out at major airports, raising the pressure in wage talks and piling misery on travellers in Europe’s biggest economy already hit by strikes on railways and public transport.
Some 100,000 passengers will be affected by the industrial action, which started at 3am GMT and is due to run until 7:10 a.m. on Thursday, the national carrier has said.
The Verdi union has targeted the Frankfurt and Munich airports, where Lufthansa says only 10%-20% of flights will operate, as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Duesseldorf.
