Germany’s Lufthansa Cancels Hundreds of Flights as Its Ground Staff Strike for a Day at 5 Airports

Germany’s Lufthansa Cancels Hundreds of Flights as Its Ground Staff Strike for a Day at 5 Airports
A Lufthansa aircraft stands on the apron at Hamburg Airport on Feb. 7, 2024. Rabea Gruber/dpa via AP
The Associated Press
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BERLIN—Ground staff for Lufthansa walked off the job at five major German airports on Wednesday, causing the airline to cancel hundreds of flights.

The Ver.di union called on ground staff at Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa’s two main hubs, as well as Berlin, Duesseldorf and Hamburg, to strike for 27 hours starting at 4 a.m. Wednesday.