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Lufthansa cancels 1,450 flights due to pilots' strike


    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa is cancelling around 1,450 flights, or two-thirds of planned services, due to a planned strike by pilots on Monday and Tuesday, the airline said on Sunday.

    Lufthansa said around 2,150 flights and more than 200,000 customers would be impacted by the strike. It had found pilots willing to take care of 700 flights.

    The cancellations will mainly affect short and mid-length flights domestic flights. The strike, the eighth this year, runs from 1100 GMT (0700 EDT) on Monday until Tuesday 2159 GMT (1759 EDT).

    (Reporting by Harro ten Wolde; editing by Susan Thomas)