Lufthansa cancels 140 flights in latest pilots' strike; more than 15,000 passengers affected

A Lufthansa aircraft passes a signpost at the airport in Munich during an eight-hour warning strike of Lufthansa pilots in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) (The Associated Press)

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Cancelled flights are displayed on the flight board at an airport terminal before pilots of Lufthansa go on an eight-hour warning strike at Munich Airport in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) (The Associated Press)

Passengers look at the flight board at an airport terminal before pilots of Lufthansa go on an eight-hour warning strike at Munich Airport in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) (The Associated Press)

Lufthansa has canceled 140 flights after pilots walked off the job at Munich airport — their fourth strike in five months in a dispute that has cost Germany's largest airline tens of millions of euros (dollars).

The dpa news agency reports that Lufthansa says Wednesday's eight-hour strike by the Vereinigung Cockpit union at Germany's second-busiest airport affected some 15,300 passengers.

A three-day strike in April already cost the airline 60 million euros and Lufthansa says this stoppage will cost millions more.

The two sides are locked in a dispute over the pilots' demand that Lufthansa keep paying a transition payment for those wanting to retire early. The airline, which faces tough competition from European budget airlines and major Gulf airlines, wants to cut those payments.

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