German airline Lufthansa had to cancel hundreds of flights due to a strike by ground staff.
According to Lufthansa, ground handling workers went on a 27-hour strike from four hours today, in line with a decision taken on February 18, after an agreement on wages could not be reached.
The airline has canceled hundreds of flights due to the strike.
Although these cancellations affected more than 100,000 passengers, the company was only able to operate 10-20 percent of scheduled flights at airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart in Germany.
The German carrier also warned that flight cancellations could continue and there could be delays due to a strike by ground staff.
The United Services Union (Verdi) has called for a strike for the second time this month after talks broke down over a “wage improvement” for workers at Lufthansa, one of Europe’s biggest airlines.
Verdi aims to introduce a regulation that would improve the wages paid to Lufthansa’s ground handling employees.
The union is asking for a 12.5 percent salary increase for ground service staff, of at least 500 euros. In addition, a one-time bonus of 3,000 euros is requested to be given to employees to compensate for high inflation.
Lufthansa ground staff had previously gone on warning strike on February 7, with approximately 900 of the airline’s 1,000 flights canceled and around 100,000 passengers affected, AA writes.
