Some 4,000 Lufthansa employees walked off the job Tuesday on the second day of a strike for higher wages, causing Germany's largest airline to cancel more than a dozen flights and warn that more could follow.
The work stoppages were centered on airports in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin and affected mostly short-haul flights.
The airports reported cancellations but Lufthansa would not specify how many flights had been grounded overall. Spokesman Patrick Meschenmoser said, however, that up to 70 could be affected by the end of the day.
The ver.di union, which represents about 50,000 ground service personnel and a small amount of cabin staff, started an open-ended strike for more pay Monday. It is the first ver.di strike at Lufthansa in 13 years.
The union is seeking a 9.8 percent pay rise for a year, while the airline has offered 7.7 percent for 21 months including a one-time bonus payment.
The first day of strikes had little effect on the Cologne-based airline's flights, and the possible 70 cancellations on Tuesday would represent just 3 percent of total flight capacity, Meschenmoser said.
Shares of Lufthansa were trading down 2.5 percent at euro14.60 (US$23.07).
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