Hundreds of flights cancelled in Germany as airports hit by strikes

Airport workers stay next to the warning sign during German public sector workers union Verdi strike at the airport in demand for higher wages in Frankfurt,Germany April 10,2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thousands of passengers were left stranded at German airports on Tuesday as more than 60,000 ground staff and other public sector workers staged walkouts across the country to increase the pressure in a pay dispute.

Lufthansa had said it was cancelling more than 800 of its planned 1,600 flights on Tuesday and Frankfurt airport operator Fraport had warned of disruption.