Hundreds of Lufthansa flights canceled due to a warning strike Hundreds of Lufthansa flights canceled due to a warning strike

According to Lufthansa, more than 100,000 customers could be affected. The strike will last until 7.10am on Wednesday in individual parts of the company, but will generally end on Wednesday evening.

According to Verdi, Lufthansa employees in technology, logistics, freight and IT went on a warning strike on Monday evening. The union also called on ground staff in Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart on Tuesday to stop work.

A few more intercontinental flights

The company expects hundreds of flight cancellations. On Monday evening, the company canceled more than fifty connections at its main hub in Frankfurt. Only a few intercontinental flights should still take place.

On Tuesday, the airline wants to fly 10 to 20 percent of its planned program of around 1,000 flights. Munich Airport warned of significant restrictions. According to the airlines, all 23 Lufthansa flights in Hamburg and Düsseldorf have been canceled, and almost all in Cologne/Bonn. Airports that are not on strike are also affected: in Hannover and Bremen, all Lufthansa flights to and from Frankfurt and Munich have been cancelled.

Swiss airline and Swiss airports did not expect on Monday that the strike would have major consequences for Switzerland.

900 outages two weeks ago

During the first wave of warnings almost two weeks ago, around 900 flights were canceled and more than 100,000 passengers had to book new flights. Lufthansa warned passengers on canceled flights: they were not allowed to come to the airport because the rebooking desks there were not manned.

The background to the warning strike is the group-wide collective wage negotiations for, according to Verdi, approximately 25,000 employees locally – including at Deutsche Lufthansa, Lufthansa Technik, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services and Lufthansa Engineering and Operational Services (Leos). Lufthansa speaks of around 20,000 employees.

Collective bargaining will continue on Wednesday. Verdi described the second wave of warning strikes as necessary because Lufthansa had not taken steps to improve its existing offering during previous negotiations. (sda/dpa)