About 900 flights canceled amid Lufthansa pilot strike

‘Pilots in Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa are to go on strike, forcing the company to cancel about 900 flights.
Lufthansa officials said on Tuesday that out of roughly 3,000 planned short- and long-haul flights, 876 would definitively be canceled due to the strike, which is expected to begin later midnight and last for 24 hours.
Reports said tens of thousands of passengers could be stranded at airports across Germany on Wednesday due to the latest escalation of a long-simmering pay dispute between Lufthansa and the pilots. Vereinigung Cockpit, a union representing the pilots, had previously staged 13 walkouts since April 2014.’
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