Lufthansa Cancels Thursday Flights After Failing to Stop Strike

Airline drops more than 900 connections on cabin crew walkout
Strike started Wednesday, targets flights at German hubs

A flight departure board displays blank estimated flight departure times for Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LH) and other airlines during a Lufthansa cabin crew worker's strike at Frankfurt Airport, operated by Fraport AG, in Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Lufthansa faces a week-long strike by cabin crew as part of a long-running dispute with unions related to plans to expand low-cost unit Eurowings.
Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg

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By Richard Weiss and Karin Matussek

November 11, 2015 at 11:02 AM UTC

Updated on

November 11, 2015 at 4:37 PM UTC

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Deutsche Lufthansa AG canceled hundreds of flights scheduled for Thursday after losing two court bids to stop a three-day strike by flight attendants in a labor dispute that has already led to a record series of walkouts by cabin crew.

The UFO cabin crew union won both cases on Wednesday, allowing it to continue with the strike at hubs in Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf through Friday. The German carrier was forced to drop more than 900 connections on Thursday, bringing the total number of cancellations to 3,800 since the walkouts began Nov. 6.