Deutsche Lufthansa AG
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said Wednesday that an IT outage triggered by construction work in Frankfurt had caused flight delays and cancellations, with operations expected to stabilize in the early evening.
“Fiber-optic cables belonging to a telecommunications service provider were damaged during construction work on tracks in Frankfurt, causing an outage of Lufthansa’s IT systems at the airport in Frankfurt,” the German carrier said in a statement.
Lufthansa said affected passengers on domestic routes should take trains where possible.
The carrier group, which operates Eurowings, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines aside from its flagship Lufthansa brand, suggested earlier on Wednesday that the IT outage had also affected its other airlines.
Meanwhile, Germany’s Verdi labor union called a one-day strike at airports across Germany including Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen. The walkout, including ground and security staff, is expected to begin Friday morning.
“Passengers are strongly advised to refrain from traveling to the airport. Connecting flights from FRA will also be affected by the strike,” Frankfurt Airport said in a statement.
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