Lufthansa Strike Affects Scores Of UK Flights

 Lufthansa Strike Affects Scores
Of UK Flights

Scores of flights between the British Isles and Germany on Monday have been cancelled after the airline Lufthansa was hit by a strike.

The German airline's ground staff are staging a one-day industrial dispute over pay.
At least 113 flights between airports in Britain and Ireland and Germany will not go ahead, with the strike hitting Lufthansa flights to and from London, Birmingham and Manchester.
Those leaving from and going to Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dublin will also be hit.
Lufthansa advised people who were due to fly on Monday to check its website for more details.
The airline said on Saturday that only about 20 of the 1,650 scheduled short-haul flights that had been due to take place will operate on Monday.
It said that many long-haul flights also will be hit - only six of 50 planned flights will operate at its main Frankfurt hub, and only three of 17 in Munich.
Only Dusseldorf airport's three scheduled long-haul services will go ahead as planned.
Frankfurt is one of the busiest airports in the world and many people use the destination as a hub for onward worldwide travel.
Lufthansa said passengers with flights scheduled on Monday can rebook for free, and those booked on cancelled German domestic flights can use their tickets to travel by train.
The ver.di union announced the one-day "warning strike" - a tactic commonly used by German unions to raise pressure in wage talks - on Friday.
Lufthansa had earlier rejected the union's demand for wage increases of 5.2 percent over the next year and job guarantees.
Lufthansa is trying to cut costs to cope with high fuel prices as well as vigorous competition from European discount carriers and the big Gulf airlines such as Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways.
Last year, the airline and a union representing cabin crews called in an arbitrator to settle a pay dispute after the union staged a series of short-term stoppages that caused numerous flight cancelations.