Airlines
Latest Pilot Strike at Lufthansa Disrupts Long-Haul Schedule
Plans for more strikes to target short-haul services
Lufthansa canceled 84 flights on Tuesday and could have to cancel hundreds more on Wednesday. (Photo: Lufthansa Group)
Lufthansa canceled 84 flights on Tuesday and could have to cancel hundreds more on Wednesday. (Photo: Lufthansa Group)

Another limited strike by the pilots of Lufthansa Airlines forced the carrier to cancel 84 out of 170 long-haul flights on Tuesday. The German airline expects the strike to extend into at least Wednesday, effecting short-haul services by both Lufthansa and its Germanwings subsidiary. Lufthansa flies some 1,500 flights a day in total, and plans call for Wednesday’s action to affect far more flights than did Tuesday’s walkout.