UK travellers hit by foreign strike action

German airline Lufthansa has cancelled dozens of flights to and from the UK and Ireland due to strike action.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd Apr 2013, 10:09 BST

A round 100 flights – including departures and arrivals – have been cancelled in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin. The German airports affected are Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf and Hamburg.

The one-day strike, over a pay dispute, will result in only about 20 of more than 1,650 scheduled short-haul flights operating.

The airline said many long-haul services will also be hit , with only six of 50 planned flights operating at its main Frankfurt hub, and only three of 17 in Munich.

Passengers can re-book for free, Lufthansa said.

The ver.di trade union announced the one-day “warning strike” – a tactic commonly used by German unions to raise pressure in wage talks – on Friday.