HAMBURG (dpa-AFX) - The warning strike by Lufthansa ground staff on Wednesday has also begun at Hamburg Airport. All 23 of the company's scheduled flights on that day have been canceled, according to the airport's online flight schedule. These are 12 flights to Munich and 11 to Frankfurt.

In turn, arrivals departing from these two hubs will also be canceled. The approximately 30 flights operated by Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings were scheduled to depart as planned. According to the online flight schedule, the Eurowings flight to Vienna took off in the morning. There were also no deviations in the online schedule for other morning Eurowings flights, for example to Koln/Bonn or Gran Canaria. The flights of Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian and Swiss should also take place as planned.

Lufthansa only flies to Frankfurt and Munich from the fifth-largest airport. Eurowings, on the other hand, connects the Hanseatic city with numerous vacation destinations and other German domestic destinations. Eurowings had announced that it expected to be able to offer its full program, as it was not affected by the Verdi union's announcement.

According to Verdi, ground staff at various Lufthansa companies have been on strike since 4.00 am. The warning strike is to last until Thursday morning. In addition to Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich, Berlin and Düsseldorf are also to go on strike. The Lufthansa core company expects 80 to 90 percent of its flights scheduled for Wednesday to be canceled. The company is talking about more than 100,000 passengers who will have to change their plans./kf/DP/zb