Ground staff for Lufthansa, one of Germany's largest airlines, walked off the job on Wednesday, resulting in the cancellation of hundreds of flights. The strike, organized by the Ver.di union, affected five major airports in Germany: Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Duesseldorf, and Hamburg, and lasted for 27 hours.
Lufthansa had anticipated the strike and announced that it expected to operate only around 10-20% of all planned flights during the walkout. The airline offered passengers the option to rebook their tickets free of charge, with domestic flight tickets being converted to rail vouchers.
