Lufthansa to cancel 800 flights on Friday due to pilots’ strike

Germany’s Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) said it will have to cancel 800 flights on Friday, likely affecting 130,000 passengers, after the pilots’ union announced a one-day strike. The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union said late on Wednesday that pay talks had failed and Lufthansa Pilots would stage a 24-hour Strike starting just after midnight on Thursday, affecting both passenger and cargo