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Lufthansa cancels flights for April 21 and April 22
Baku, April 22 (AZERTAC). Germany`s largest airline Lufthansa said it was cancelling almost 1700 flights on Monday, mostly on domestic and short-haul European routes, as a result of planned strike action by thousands of workers calling for higher pay.
Verdi, representing 33,000 staff at the airline, announced the strike action on Friday to put pressure on Lufthansa management to make a better pay offer.
The union said the offer put forward by Lufthansa on Wednesday was "scandalous."
As with previous strikes, Lufthansa canceled mainly short-haul flights in order to keep more profitable long-haul flights in the air.
Lufthansa has estimated the strike will cost it tens of millions of euros and has described the labor action "absurd" and "out of proportion", given the early stage of negotiations.