Lufthansa cancels 50 flights ahead of 24-hour strike tomorrow

Frankfurt: German airline Lufthansa cancelled around 50 flights today ahead of a planned 24-hour walkout by cabin crew at six major airports tomorrow.
Domestic and European services were primarily affected, but a number of intercontinental flights were also cancelled, such as New York-Frankfurt and Hong Kong-Munich, according to the carrier’s website.
Late yesterday, the cabin staff’s labour union, Independent Flight Attendants’ Organisation or UFO, said its members will stage a 24-hour stoppage tomorrow at the airports of Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Duesseldorf and Stuttgart in escalating industrial action over pay and conditions.
Other much shorter walkouts of eight hours last week and earlier this week have grounded hundreds of flights and hit thousands of passengers.
06/09/12 PTI/Business Line

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