Lufthansa cancels 1,000 flights as pilots’ strike bites

FRANKFURT, Germany – German airline Lufthansa said Tuesday, September 8, it will cancel 1,000 short and medium-term flights to and from Germany Wednesday, September 9, on the second day of a two-day walkout by its pilots.

“One thousand Lufthansa flights are cancelled, 140,000 passengers will be affected,” the carrier said in a statement after the pilots’ union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), announced that it was extending a strike that began early Tuesday into a second on Wednesday. – Rappler.com