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"Lufthansa resumes flights

Around 650 flights were canceled at Frankfurt Airport, Germany's main aviation hub, on Friday alone

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The German airline “Lufthansa“ (Lufthansa) announced that flights were resumed as scheduled today after a series of strikes during the week, BTA reported.

“Everything resumed as planned“, a spokeswoman told DPA after thousands of flights were canceled.

Around 650 flights were canceled at Frankfurt Airport, Germany's main aviation hub, on Friday alone, and more than 400 at Munich Airport.

Together with the cabin crew union “Ufo“ (Ufo), the pilots' union “Vereinigung Cockpit“ (VC) suspended operations “Lufthansa“, “Lufthansa Cargo“ and “Cityline“ for five days.

Low-cost airline “Eurowings“ was also affected by the strike for two days.

Among the pilots' main demands are higher pensions and salary increases.