Hundreds more flights canceled on day 3 of Lufthansa strikeBERLIN -- Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, canceled 830 short- and medium-haul flights on Friday affecting 100,000 passengers after a pilots' strike entered its third day in a long-running dispute over wages. The carrier also announced the cancellation of another 137 long-haul flights scheduled for Saturday, affecting 30,000 more passengers. Since the strikes started on Wednesday the airline has had to cancel 2,863 flights, affecting 345,000 passengers. It said most of its flights will be operating Saturday, and that other airlines in its group are not affected. Lufthansa offered to increase pay by 4.4 percent in two steps by mid-2018, and make a one-time payment of 1.8 monthly salaries in lieu of past increases.

Source: The China Post November 26, 2016 19:04 UTC