Around 134,000 passengers were affected by the Lufthansa ground staff strike.
Ground staff at Europe’s largest German airline Lufthansa went on strike in the early hours of Wednesday, July 27, announcing the cancellation of almost all of its flights to Germany. Its consequences affected around 134,000 passengers, mainly at the main hub airports of Frankfurt am Main and Munich.
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Thus, 678 flights were canceled at Frankfurt am Main Airport, affecting almost 92,000 passengers, at Munich Airport – 345 flights, affecting almost 42,000 passengers. The strike will last until 6:00 am on July 28.
The Ver.di union has called for a warning strike at the height of the tourist season in the course of a tariff dispute with airline management. It called for a 9.5% pay rise for around 20,000 airline employees and a minimum hourly wage of 13 euros.
Earlier in Belgium, Brussels Airlines employees went on strike to protest “excessive work pressure and non-compliance with some collective labor agreements.”
Source: Deutsche Welle Russian Service
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