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Lufthansa Strike Not Noticed Yet

July 28, 2008 at 9:00 AM | 0 Comments

When is an airline strike not an airline strike? When nearly 100 percent of your flights take off on time despite it.

Germany's national carrier Lufthansa apparently has some 52,000 union members who've agreed to strike over a pay rise. Since 10 pm last night strike action has been in place at Frankfurt and Hamburg airports, but according to reports, so far nearly all flights have left on time.

But the strike doesn't actually have an endpoint yet so some are predicting that things will get worse. Fears that Olympic athletes might have their flights to Beijing disrupted have, of course, really tugged at the heartstrings of German sports fans. Double-check your flights if you're booked on Lufthansa in the next few days or you might be bumped for a German volleyballer.

Related Stories:
· Lufthansa Votes for 1st Strike in 13 Years [Reuters]
· Lufthansa Says Flights Not Hit By Strike [Reuters]
· Lufthansa coverage [Jaunted]

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