520 Lufthansa flights canceled due to strike
Cabin crew at German flagship airline, Lufthansa, have staged a second day of industrial action, forcing Europe’s largest airline to cancel short- and medium-haul flights.
A meeting on Thursday to resolve the long-time dispute between the airline and Lufthansa's cabin crew union, the UFO, failed to resolve the row over early retirement benefits and pensions.
Following the failure to reach an agreement, the UFO called the strike, which started on Friday and entered a second day on Saturday.
"Today, 520 flights are being affected. Especially flights within Germany and Europe, which we had to cancel here in Frankfurt, six in Duesseldorf. But the intercontinental flights operate according to plan. 50,000 passengers are affected today by the strike. We assume that the economic damage will be in the millions," Lufthansa spokesman Andrea Barrels said on Saturday.
The UFO wants to secure transition payments for its 19,000 members if they retire early as part of its contract dispute with the airline.
"We have been in negotiations about early retirement for two years…. after two years of negotiation, it does not work anymore via talks only. So we now go on strike,” said the UFO spokesman, Nicoley Baublies.
No strikes are planned on Sunday, but the industrial action is expected to continue for a week.
The industrial action will not affect Lufthansa subsidiaries such as Eurowings and Germanwings.
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