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German airline Lufthansa (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Lasse Fuss)
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German airline Lufthansa (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Lasse Fuss)
Friday, 25 November 2016 - 15:35
Lufthansa pilots set to strike again on Saturday
Pilots working for German airline Lufthansa will be striking again on Saturday - the fourth day in a row of striking, RTL Nieuws reports.
On Wednesday, the first day of the strike, a total of 876 flights were cancelled. On Thursday a massive 1,800 flights could not happpen. On Friday, day three, another 830 were cancelled. Mostly short and medium haul flights were affected.
The pilots are demanding better working condition in a labor dispute that's been going on for about two years and 14 strikes.
This strike is costing the airline about 10 million euros per day.