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More than 100,000 Lufthansa passengers face delays and disrupted flights this week after German services union Verdi called its ground staff out on a 27-hour strike starting on Tuesday. Lufthansa said on Sunday that it was working on an emergency schedule. Airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart will be hit. Ground staff are to walk off the job at 4 am (0300 GMT) on Tuesday and return to work at around dawn on Wednesday, Verdi announced in Berlin. A

In the current contract negotiations with Lufthansa, the warning strikes organised by Verdi have been organized to “blow off steam” to provide space for their collaboration with management to continue undisturbed.

The Verdi trade union has called a warning strike by Lufthansa ground staff on February 7 and 8, with only 10-20% of the German airline's flights operating.

In view of the announced warning strike by its ground staff, Lufthansa has massively scaled back its flight program for this Wednesday. At the Frankfurt and Munich hubs, a large number of long-haul...

The Verdi union has instigated a warning strike among Lufthansa ground handling staff, which also affects Hungary.