Eurowings cancels more than 170 flights due to 3-day strike

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Lufthansa’s low-cost carrier Eurowings has canceled more than 170 flights scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday due to a strike by flight attendants at sister company Germanwings.

The cancellations mostly affect flights within Germany from airports that include Cologne-Bonn, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and Duesseldorf.

Information on the cancellations was available Sunday on Eurowing’s website. The canceled flights carry Eurowings flight numbers beginning with EW.

Eurowings said it was working to minimize disruption to travelers and that more than 1,000 flights would operate according to schedule.



FILE - In this April 2, 2014 file picture Lufthansa aircraft are parked as Lufthansa pilots went on a three-days-strike in Frankfurt, Germany. Lufthansa's low-cost carrier Eurowings has cancelled more than 170 flights scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday due to a strike by flight attendants at sister company Germanwings. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)


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[Sherman A1]

1. Hmmmm

seems they could have minimized the disruption by working out a deal with their flight attendants.