Lufthansa pilots strike for the ninth time this year — mashable.com

Lufthansa pilots are striking once again, causing the airline to cancel about half of its scheduled flights from Monday until Tuesday at midnight. About half of the flights on Germany's largest carrier were canceled as a result of the strike, which is the airline's ninth this year in the continuing dispute about retirement benefits. About 150,000 passengers will be affected by the cancelation of 1,350 out of 2,800 scheduled flights. The strike is primarily focused on Lufthansa's inner-Europe flights on Monday, but was to be extended to long-haul flights Tuesday.

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