Lufthansa cabin crew strike officially ends

The 2-day strike of Lufthansa cabin crew ended at midnight Friday, however carry-on effects will likely ground flights Saturday too. About 600 flights were cancelled Friday as a 48-hour Lufthansa cabin crew strike entered its second day. The 600 cancelled flights were out of a total of 1362. Approximately 180,000 of the airline's passengers were affected. The UFO union called the strike in a dispute over pay and the union's legal status. Thursday, 700 flights from the main group's schedule of 1,100 were axed. The strike continued after CE Carsten Spohr and UFO agreed to a new round of arbitration at the weekend to set the agenda for a new round of talks in the dispute over pay and conditions. "If the talks don't work out, we will have to announce Monday that there will be more strikes," the union said. <br/>