Lufthansa cancels more than 1,300 flights on Friday due to strikes

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Updated: Feb 16, 2023, 16:22 UTC

BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa has cancelled more than 1,300 flights on Friday, including all flights at the Frankfurt and Munich hub airports, as a result of strike action, it said in a statement on Thursday.

Lufthansa's aircrafts are seen on the tarmac at the Munich International Airport

BERLIN (Reuters) – Lufthansa has cancelled more than 1,300 flights on Friday, including all flights at the Frankfurt and Munich hub airports, as a result of strike action, it said in a statement on Thursday.

German trade union Verdi on Wednesday called on workers at Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen airports to go on a 24-hour strike, saying collective bargaining efforts had made little progress.

(Writing by Matthias Williams; Editing by Madeline Chambers)

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