Lufthansa Strike to Hit 40% of Flights After Walkout Allowed
- Pilot action leads to almost 900 cancellations on Wednesday
- Aviators say they’ll stay off the job on Thursday as well
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG will cancel almost 900 flights on Wednesday, disrupting travel for 100,000 people, after a bid to block a strike by pilots over pay was dismissed by a Frankfurt labor court.
The walkout is set to hit short- and long-haul services operated by Lufthansa’s main brand, with the 876 flights scrapped amounting to about 40 percent of the usual schedule. Premium services such as Beijing-Frankfurt and Los Angeles-Munich are among those wiped out, according to the company.