by Topsy Oba
German airline Lufthansa said Monday it has cancelled most of its domestic, European and long-haul flights at six German airports due to strike action by ground personnel and some cabin crew.
Out of nearly 1,800 planned flights on Monday, “we will operate 20 short and medium-range flights and 12 long-distance services,” a spokesman told AFP.
At Lufthansa’s main hub in Frankfurt, Germany’s biggest and Europe’s third-biggest airport, just six out of a total 50 flights would go ahead, and three from 17 at Munich.
It was not clear whether the Lufthansa flight out of Lagos to Frankfurt was affected as calls to the Lagos office of the airline could not go through.
Services union Verdi called the strike after three rounds of pay talks with management ended without any agreement.
Verdi is demanding a 5.2-percent pay increase for 33,000 Lufthansa ground staff, plus employees of various subsidiaries as well as cabin crew members who are Verdi members.
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