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Cabin crews at Eurowings and Germanwings, the budget units of Lufthansa, go on strike on Thursday, forcing hundreds of flights to be canceled.
The boards at at an empty Munich airport announce a litany of cancellations as as transport staff across Germany stage a major strike to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation. Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe's top economy are expected to heed a call by the Verdi and EVG unions to the 24-hour walkout. IMAGES
Images of cancelled flights and long queues at Frankfurt airport where German national carrier Lufthansa says it will have to cancel almost all flights because of a planned strike by ground crew. More than 1,000 flights will be scrapped, affecting around 134,000 passengers. The strike is scheduled to last from 0145 GMT on Wednesday until 0400 GMT on Thursday and comes as ground workers seek a higher pay rise than the one offered by Lufthansa so far. IMAGES
Moscow, June 2 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Maxim Shipenkov) The German airline Lufthansa cancels two flights from Frankfurt to Moscow and back to Belarus for lack of permits from the air authorities.FOOTAGE OF DOMODEDOVO AIRPORT IN MOSCOW.
South African Airways is to cancel all its flights, as thousands of workers press ahead with an indefinite strike after the troubled national carrier announced a major retrenchment plan. IMAGES
Lufthansa says it will cancel 930 flights affecting 113,000 passengers because of a cabin crew strike, after a union announced a walk-out at three of the German airline's major airports for almost the entire day. Grace Pascoe reports.
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