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Summary UFO also plans to hit Germany's second-biggest airport, Munich, on Tuesday.
A union representing Lufthansa flight attendants has called members at Frankfurt and at Berlins Tegel airport out on strike as it escalates a dispute with Germanys biggest airline over pay and conditions.The UFO union called on Berlin-based members to walk out for eight hours starting at 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) Tuesday, and their counterparts at Frankfurt, Germanys busiest airport, to follow starting at 6 a.m. (0400 GMT).UFO also plans to hit Germanys second-biggest airport, Munich, on Tuesday. An 11-hour walkout there was set to start at 1 p.m. (1100 GMT).The union opened its strike campaign with an eight-hour walkout in Frankfurt last Friday and warned of more to come if Lufthansa didnt give ground.Lufthansa said the walkouts would force it to cancel a majority of flights.
