German airline Lufthansa says a number of European flights were likely to be cancelled on Tuesday.
A company spokesman said Maintenance work on nine aircraft, six Lufthansa faces strike at the peak of holiday season ...
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Deutsche Post and union reach pay deal to avert looming strike ... in Frankfurt and three in Munich, was not performed as scheduled and they would not be available for flights. He said no intercontinental flights would be cancelled. The open-ended strike began on Monday and hit Germany's largest airports, including international flight hubs Frankfurt and Hamburg. Verdi officials said the impact of the strike by its members would grow in coming days. Verdi added the strike would spread to Berlin's two airports, Tegel and Schoenefeld, as well as Stuttgart and Nuremberg. 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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