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Lufthansa is being slowed down by the next strike: On Tuesday morning at 4 a.m., cabin crew organized by the UFO union went on strike at Frankfurt Airport.

A spokeswoman for the union confirmed that all Lufthansa departures at Germany's largest airport will be on strike until 11 p.m.

Lufthansa assumed on Monday that 600 flights in Frankfurt am Main would be canceled due to the strike, affecting 70,000 passengers.

This Wednesday (March 13th), UFO has called on the Lufthansa cabin crew at Munich Airport to go on strike from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m.

According to Lufthansa's estimates, 400 flights with 50,000 passengers will not be able to take off there.

UFO called on a total of around 19,000 flight attendants at Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cityline to go on strike at the weekend.

The flight attendants of the core company and the regional subsidiary Cityline had previously voted for the strike in separate ballots with more than 96 percent each.

The union is essentially demanding 15 percent more money for the approximately 18,000 cabin employees at Lufthansa and the almost 1,000 employees at Cityline with a contract term of 18 months.

UFO also wants to achieve an inflation compensation bonus of 3,000 euros as well as higher allowances.

For Lufthansa, this is one of several current wage disputes: Last week, the ground staff organized by Verdi paralyzed much of Lufthansa's passenger traffic with what is now their fifth wave of warning strikes.

Negotiations with Verdi are scheduled to take place again this Wednesday (March 13th).

Once again emergency plan at the railway

There will also be very little on the rails this Tuesday.

Accompanied by growing criticism, Deutsche Bahn train drivers have once again stopped work.

The strike in passenger transport began at 2 a.m. and is expected to last 24 hours, as a railway spokeswoman confirmed this morning.

Passengers must expect major restrictions.

The railway has organized an emergency timetable that secures around a fifth of long-distance train traffic.

Regional transport and the S-Bahn of Deutsche Bahn are also affected.

The offer there can vary greatly depending on the region.

Even after the strike ended on Wednesday, passengers must continue to expect train cancellations and delays.

The strike in freight transport began on Monday evening.

This is already the sixth industrial action by the German Locomotive Drivers' Union (GDL) in the current collective bargaining round.

On Monday, the railway tried unsuccessfully to have the strike stopped in court - and then announced that it would appeal to the Hesse state labor court.

Court decides after strike begins

"The strike announcement is far too short-term, and there are also unlawful demands," said Florian Weh, general manager of the rail employers' association AGV Move, after the labor court's decision.

“In the interest of our customers, we are doing everything we can to stop the wave strike.”

The appeal is not scheduled to be heard until Tuesday around noon - after the strike begins.

If the Hessian state labor court decides differently than the Frankfurt labor court, the GDL would have to interrupt its strike.

However, this would not mean an immediate end to the restrictions for passengers.

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