The strike affects Germanwings flights departing on Thursday and Friday. However, Germanwings says it expects to operate more than 60 percent of its flights scheduled during the strike period.
It said 80 percent of passengers would reach their destination, but some could be booked onto another airline or the Deutsche Bahn rail network.
Germanwings has advised passengers to check online to see if their flights will go ahead.
The walkout mainly affects flights from Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart airports.
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