DHAKA: Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, said on Monday that it will cancel most of its flights later this week due to a pilots’ strike.

‘As a result of the planned strike by the pilots’ union Cockpit, around 3,800 flights will be cancelled on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.’

‘During the three-day stoppage by Cockpit teams, there will only be around 500 short- and long-haul flights by Lufthansa and Germanwings,’ the carrier said in a statement, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 2011 HRS, MAR 31, 2014