German strike forces Lufthansa to cancel hundreds of flights

Lufthansa planes sit parked in a line at the airport in Munich, Germany (Matthias Schrader/AP)

Lufthansa has said it will have to cancel almost all flights at its main Frankfurt and Munich hubs on Wednesday because of a strike by its German ground staff, affecting tens of thousands of passengers.

The airline said the strike will force the cancellation of 678 flights at Frankfurt, 32 of them on Tuesday and the rest on Wednesday.