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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Travel
Sakshi Gupta

UK-Germany Route Suffers As Lufthansa Suspends 90% Flights; Affects More Than 200,000 Passengers

The ground staff's strike is expected to last for around 35 hours | Photo: AFP

A majority of Lufthansa flights to and from Germany have been grounded, with more than 200,000 passengers likely to be affected this week.

The flight cancellations resulted from the 35-hour strike by Lufthansa's ground staff. The walkout by the staff began at 8pm on Monday at Frankfurt airport. Whereas at the Munich, Berlin, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart airports, the walkout started at 4am on Tuesday.

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