German flag-carrier Lufthansa have been forced to cancel greater than 500 flights today as staff take industrial action over pay and prerequisites.
Staff are staging walk-outs at Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne airports and other locations between 05:00 and 12:00 today.
Lufthansa has cancelled most of its domestic and short-haul flights in this time.
However, long-haul flights are expected to function as normal.
The Verdi union is looking for a 5.2 per cent increase in wages for staff at several Lufthansa divisions.
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