Court Orders Lufthansa Strike Over

German court orders halt to strike by Lufthansa pilots after 1,000 flights canceled.

Passengers queue in front of the counters in a terminal at the airport as Lufthansa pilots went on a strike in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The pilots ask for retirement arrangement under which pilots could retire at 55 and receive 60 percent of their salary until they reach the statutory retirement age of 65.

Passengers queue in front of the counters in a terminal at the airport as Lufthansa pilots went on a strike in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday. 

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BERLIN (AP) — A German court has issued an injunction ordering a halt to a strike by pilots at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline.

The state labor court in Frankfurt issued the injunction on Wednesday, news agency dpa reported, after Lufthansa said it had canceled 1,000 flights. It wasn't immediately clear what practical effect the ruling would have.

The pilots' union, Vereinigung Cockpit, began its strike on long-haul flights Tuesday, forcing the cancellation of 90 flights, and extended the walk-out to medium-and short-haul flights Wednesday.

Lufthansa says some 140,000 travelers were affected but that about 500 of the airline's flights would still operate. Subsidiaries Germanwings, Swiss, Austrian Airlines or Brussels Airlines weren't involved.

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