The Thursday Oct 27,2016 walkout has canceled 380 flights, disrupting air traffic from Düsseldorf, Cologne, Dortmund, Hannover, Stuttgart, Berlin, and Hamburg.
While the routes within Germany bear most of the brunt, thousands of passengers traveling to and from other European countries were also forced to change their travel plans.
No long-haul flights were affected, according to the two companies
Both Eurowings and Germanwings are low-cost carriers fully owned by Germany's flagship airline Lufthansa. The strike was prompted by the dispute between the UFO Union and Germanwings over part-time work contracts for flight attendants.
"We regret that this escalation is necessary." UFO board member Nicoley Baublies said in a statement. "But negotiations reached a point at which there is no alternative to a strike."
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