Pilots' strike forces Lufthansa to cancel 200 flights

Pilots' strike forces Lufthansa to cancel 200 flights
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Lufthansa has been forced to cancel more than 200 flights as a result of a six-hour pilots' strike at Frankfurt's airport, the fifth employee protest against the airline this year.

The Vereinigung Cockpit pilots' union, which represents roughly 90 percent of all Lufthansa pilots, announced Thursday that the strike will run from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Friday evening. In anticipation of the strike, Lufthansa canceled flights both to and from Frankfurt through Saturday morning.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.