Airline strike enteres 2nd day

Workers at Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, continued their open-ended strike for a second consecutive day on 29 July 2008. Approximately 70 short-haul flights -- approximately 3 percent of the airline's scheduled flights -- have been canceled, primarily at airports in Frankfurt (EDDF/FRA), Hamburg (EDDH/HAM) and Berlin (EDDT/TXL). Members of the Ver.di trade union are protesting over higher wages, demanding a 9.8 percent pay increase over a year, whereas Lufthansa has offered 6.7 percent over 21 months.