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Lufthansa strike grounds hundreds of flights

German flag carrier Lufthansa on Tuesday cancelled more than 200 flights at its Frankfurt hub, Europe's third busiest, as cabin crew stepped up strike action and extended it to Munich and Berlin.

Lufthansa said it had grounded more than half of its scheduled services _ 217 out of 370 in all _ due to the strike over pay and conditions, with short and medium-haul flights the worst affected.

In addition to the cancellations, reduced capacity at Frankfurt led to approximately 80 further delays, said a spokesman for Brussels-based Eurocontrol, a multinational air navigation safety body.

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    Discussion 1 : 05 Sep 2012 at 08.281

    When millions are out of work in Europe, I can't imagine there would be any sympathy at all towards people who reject a pay rise of any kind. If they don't like working for the airline, let them try and find other employment. No one makes them work for Lufthansa.

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