Lufthansa scraps 1,300 flights in 48-hour strike bbc.com

About 180,000 passengers face travel disruption after the airline failed to halt the two-day action.
Lufthansa has canceled 1,300 flights after it lost a last-minute legal bid to halt a strike by cabin crew.

The two-day action over pay and conditions began at midnight local time. About 180,000 passengers are set to face travel disruption.

The UFO union said it would hit all Lufthansa flights from German airports.

Flights by Lufthansa's other airlines including Eurowings, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines are not affected, the airline said.