Lufthansa, Air Berlin Cut Flights on German Airport Strike
- Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne hit by stoppages on Wednesday
- German airports' public employees taking part in pay walkouts
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air Berlin Plc and other airlines canceled hundreds of flights in Germany on Wednesday as a strike by public-services workers at airports hobbled operations in Frankfurt, Munich and Cologne.
Lufthansa eliminated 895 flights, or 60 percent of the services it had scheduled for Wednesday, Germany’s biggest carrier said in a statement. Munich airport, where a new 900 million-euro ($1.02 billion) terminal opened on Tuesday, was hardest hit, with 700 flights canceled including 545 from Lufthansa. In Frankfurt, there were 392 cancellations.