Lufthansa cancels 929 flights over strike
Germany’s flagship airline Lufthansa has cancelled 929 of its flights for Monday as cabin crew announced the resumption of a strike over cost cuts.
Lufthansa said on Sunday that the strike would affect 113,000 passengers who have short and long-haul flights to or from Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf on Monday.
The strike is part of a week of action organized by a major cabin crew union (UFO) over early retirement benefits and pensions.
Lufthansa also said its senior managers will discuss the consequences of the strike in a meeting on Monday and release a statement to staff and public later in the day. The airline also said in a statement that “it is ready to resume talks” with the union.
The UFO started a week-long strike on Friday after talks between the union and the airline broke down and last-minute efforts to resolve the issue failed.
The airline cancelled 520 flights on Saturday and grounded 58,000 passengers. The strike affected Frankfurt and Dusseldorf’s domestic and European flights. On Friday, 290 flights were cancelled.
The union said the strike would affect different airports until Friday.
The industrial action will not affect Lufthansa subsidiaries such as Eurowings and Germanwings.
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