Lufthansa pilots' strike cancels nearly 900 flights

Germany's flagship carrier, Lufthansa, canceled nearly 900 flights on Wednesday because of a strike by pilots, causing travel disruption for tens of thousands of passengers in the latest escalation of a long-simmering pay dispute.

The stoppage, called by the pilots' union Cockpit, affected Lufthansa flights at airports across Germany.

Out of its roughly 3,000 scheduled flights, 876 were canceled due to the strike, "affecting some 100,000 passengers", the airline said.