Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Lufthansa to fly tomorrow, cancel some 900 flights due to strike

 


BERLIN (Ina) - The company "Lufthansa" German Air intention to cancel 895 flights because of thewarning strike called by workers in the service sector union (Verdi) for organizing on Wednesday (April 27, 2016) in six German airports. 
The "Lufthansa" today Tuesday in Frankfurt, they can not only conduct 40 percent of its flights usual, noting that about 87 thousand passengers will be affected by it, according to the site "Deutsche Welle". the 
company added that the strike warning which will take place throughout the entire day at Munich Airport will result in conduct 90 flights only according to the schedule of the emergency operation, which means the cancellation of 545 flights. 
In Frankfurt, where he will continue the strike until three o'clock in the afternoon (local time), thecompany will not be able only to conduct about 500 flights, and will be forced to cancel 350 flights. The 
company added that it It will also cancel flights at airports in Dusseldorf and Cologne / Bonn and Dortmund and Hanover strike by the Verdi. The spokeswoman said employees of the company Bettina Volknz affairs: "It is unacceptable that affected our customers, in particular , the consequences of this strike." 
The Verdi called for the warning strike in six airports to increase the pressure in the dispute over raising the workers in the public service wage at the federal level and sweeteners . 
It is expected to be affected by this strike , thousands of passengers. She called Verdi workers check the technical sector, air traffic controllers and ground personnel to strike at six airports procedures sector

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