Warning strike on the ground - Verdi largely paralyzes Lufthansa. Of the more than 1,000 flights originally planned, up to 90 percent were canceled on Wednesday.
Less than half of the usual air traffic took place at the Frankfurt and Munich hubs. The Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry (BDL) tried to de-escalate the situation. “I appeal to the unions to shape the further collective bargaining rounds with a sense of proportion,” said BDL President Jost Lammers.