German airline Lufthansa said Tuesday it would slowly return to its normal flight schedule from today, following a pilots strike that forced the airline to cancel about 800 flights on Monday, which effected some 10,000 passengers worldwide. Custom New Orleans Saints Jersey. Members of the German Lufthansa pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit attend a demonstration in front of the?Frankfurt Airport?on Feb. 23, 2010. [Agencies]? The 12 effected flights between three Chinese and two German cities would also gradually return to normal, as the planned four-day strike over job security by more than 4,000 pilots had been suspended. Figures on the Chinese passengers affected over the past two days were not immediately available Tuesday, but many disgruntled travelers chose to air their complaints on Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblogging service launched by Chinas portal giant Sina.com. According to some of the blogs, the flight cancellations, which came shortly after the Spring Festival break, was disruptive to passengers business or travel plans. A netizen who called himself Yizi YY said the strike forced him to switch to another Eastern Airline flight at a less desirable time and with unnecessary hassle, in order to get to Germany for work. Sun Weiwei, a spokeswoman for the Shanghai Airport Authority, told China Daily Tuesday the impact on passenger flow was minimal in Shanghai, as there are many alternative flights available from other airlines. Related readings: Lufthansa pilots suspend strike, talks to resume Striking Lufthansa pilots to suspend their walkout The pilots strike affected 12 flights from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The flights from Nanjing and Guangzhou operated as usual. A flight will take off from the airport for Frankfurt, Germany, at 11:45 pm as scheduled tonight, Hu Fang, a spokesman from the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, said Tuesday. According to Hu, Deutsche Lufthansa AG currently operates three flights a week between Guangzhou and Frankfurt. The other two flights, which take off from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on Thursdays and Saturdays, will also operate as scheduled, Hu added. The pilots strike had little impact on the normal operation of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, one of the major aviation hubs in southern China, he said. Lufthansa confirmed Tuesday that the strike of the German pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) had been suspended. Both parties had agreed to return to the negotiating table to resolve their differences, the airliner said in a statement forwarded to China Daily. The airlines Special Flight Schedule, which it implemented to minimize the impact of the strike, continued to serve as