100,000 travelers hit by Lufthansa flight attendants’ strike

Flight attendants of German airline Lufthansa take part in a rally in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Germany’s flagship airline, Lufthansa, canceled 290 flights on Friday as cabin crew workers went on strike at Frankfurt and Duesseldorf airports. The carrier said the cancellations included 23 long-haul flights, and that overall some 37,500 passengers were affected. AP

BERLIN — Lufthansa says some 100,000 airline passengers won’t be able to travel Wednesday because of an ongoing strike by flight attendants.

The German carrier said it has canceled 931 flights even as Lufthansa and the UFO flight attendants union sought mediation in their dispute.

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The union wants to secure transition payments for its 19,000 members if they retire early, among other demands as part of its contract dispute with Lufthansa, which is trying to cut costs.

The airline said more than 2,000 flights across the group would operate as planned, including some code-sharing flights operated by its CityLine and Air Dolomiti brands and flights of subsidiaries such as Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Germanwings.