Germany’s Lufthansa cancels hundreds of flights as its ground staff strike for a day at 5 airports
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Germany’s Lufthansa cancels hundreds of flights as its ground staff strike for a day at 5 airports

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Ground staff for Lufthansa walked off the job at five major German airports on Wednesday, causing the airline to cancel hundreds of flights. The Ver.di union called on ground staff at Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa’s two main hubs, as well as Berlin, Duesseldorf and Hamburg, to strike for 27 hours starting at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Lufthansa said ahead of the strike that it expected to be able to operate around 10-20% of all planned flights. In Frankfurt, the company canceled 80-90% of the planned 600 departures and arrivals by Lufthansa itself and subsidiary Air Dolomiti ahead of the strike, German news agency dpa reported.

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Two-day strike by Lufthansa cabin crew to affect 100,000 passengers
9 months, 1 week ago

Two-day strike by Lufthansa cabin crew to affect 100,000 passengers

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lufthansa staff have begun their first in a two-day strike across two of Germany’s busiest airports. …

Millions of train, air passengers are affected in Germany as union members go on strike again
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Millions of train, air passengers are affected in Germany as union members go on strike again

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Millions of travelers across Germany were affected by strikes again on Thursday after two unions called for two-day walkouts over wages and work conditions. Lufthansa said earlier in the week that about 1,000 flights per day would have to be canceled and that around 200,000 air passengers would be affected. Negotiations continue for Lufthansa ground staff and German …

Millions of train, air passengers are affected in Germany as union members go on strike again
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Millions of train, air passengers are affected in Germany as union members go on strike again

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lufthansa said earlier in the week that about 1,000 …

Thousands of flights and trains will be canceled again this week in Germany with new strikes
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Thousands of flights and trains will be canceled again this week in Germany with new strikes

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Thousands of flights and trains are expected to be canceled again this week in Germany after two unions on Monday called for more strikes over wages and working conditions. Negotiations continue for ground staff of German airline Lufthansa and German rail operator’s Deutsche Bahn train drivers. Around 200,000 air passengers will be affected by the two-day strike, according …

German labor union calls on Lufthansa ground staff to strike at 7 airports on Tuesday
10 months ago

German labor union calls on Lufthansa ground staff to strike at 7 airports on Tuesday

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A labor union in Germany …

Lufthansa Airlines strike today: 100,000 passengers to be affected | Details
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Lufthansa Airlines strike today: 100,000 passengers to be affected | Details

Hindustan Times  

The Verdi union announced that ground staff at Lufthansa Airlines, the German flag carrier, is set to go on a strike on Wednesday, adding to the recent wave of labour unrest in the country's transportation sector as employees push for higher wages. Ground staff at German airline Lufthansa will go on strike in the latest industrial action to hit Europe's …

Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit major German airports
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit major German airports

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Security workers at most of Germany's major airports walked off the job on Thursday in a …

Strike by security staff at most major German airports cancels hundreds of flights
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Strike by security staff at most major German airports cancels hundreds of flights

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Security workers at most of Germany’s major airports walked off the job Thursday in a one-day strike to step up pressure in a pay dispute, prompting widespread flight cancellations. In Frankfurt, the operator of Germany’s busiest airport said security checkpoints outside the transit area would remain closed. Airport operator group ADV estimated that about 1,100 flights in total …

German airports go empty due to strikes
1 year, 8 months ago

German airports go empty due to strikes

Live Mint  

On April 24, flight cancellations were reported at Berlin and Hamburg airports as workers staged walkouts in an ongoing dispute over salary raises. According to German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur, all departures and 70 out of 240 incoming flights were cancelled in Berlin, while Hamburg airport announced that 31 of 160 departures had been cancelled. The strike follows a pay …

Flights at several German airports disrupted by 1-day strike
1 year, 9 months ago

Flights at several German airports disrupted by 1-day strike

Firstpost  

The walkouts by airport staff come amid difficult pay talks for employees of Germany’s federal and municipal governments Berlin: Flights at several German airports were severely disrupted on Monday by the latest in a string of one-day strikes related to various pay disputes. Some 200 departures were canceled in Berlin, and about a third of the planned 200 arrivals were …

Flights at Several German Airports Disrupted by 1-Day Strike Over Pay Disputes
1 year, 9 months ago

Flights at Several German Airports Disrupted by 1-Day Strike Over Pay Disputes

News 18  

Flights at several German airports were severely disrupted on Monday by the latest in a string of one-day strikes related to various pay disputes. Some 200 departures were canceled in Berlin, and about a third of the planned 200 arrivals were expected to be canceled, German news agency dpa reported. The walkouts by airport staff come amid difficult pay talks …

More than 2,000 flights canceled amid workers’ strike at seven German airports
1 year, 10 months ago

More than 2,000 flights canceled amid workers’ strike at seven German airports

LA Times  

Employees at seven German airports went on strike Friday, forcing the cancellation of more than 2,300 flights. The strikes at seven German airports, including Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg, affected almost 300,000 passengers and forced airlines to cancel more than 2,300 flights. Christine Behle of the Verdi labor union told public broadcaster RBB-Inforadio that failure to reach a meaningful deal with …

After Lufthansa, website of three German airports down in suspected cyber attack
1 year, 10 months ago

After Lufthansa, website of three German airports down in suspected cyber attack

Live Mint  

A day after an IT systems outage impacted flight operations of German airline Lufthansa and left thousands of passengers stranded at the Frankfurt airport, the websites of at least three airports in Germany - Dusseldorf, Nuremberg, and Dortmund went offline on Thursday. The reports said that around 200 flights of Lufthansa airline were grounded on Wednesday as the carrier suffered …

Lufthansa IT Meltdown Strands Thousands of Passengers Worldwide
1 year, 10 months ago

Lufthansa IT Meltdown Strands Thousands of Passengers Worldwide

News 18  

FRANKFURT:An IT failure at Lufthansa stranded passengers and forced flights to Germany’s busiest airport to be cancelled or diverted on Wednesday, with the airline blaming botched railway engineering works that damaged broadband cables. Lufthansa and Germany’s national train operator blamed the problem on third-party engineering works on a railway line extension that took place on Tuesday evening, when a drill …

'Working Intensively to Solve Problem': Lufthansa Says IT Fault Causes Flight Delays, Cancellations Worldwide
1 year, 10 months ago

'Working Intensively to Solve Problem': Lufthansa Says IT Fault Causes Flight Delays, Cancellations Worldwide

News 18  

Several flights of Lufthansa airline either got delayed or cancelled after Germany’s flagship carrier experienced an IT outage worldwide, the company said on Wednesday. Speaking to the news agency Reuters, a Lufthansa spokesperson said, “There is a group-wide IT system failure.” Stranded passengers at several airports across Germany waited to check in and took to Twitter to share the issues …

IT problems disrupt Lufthansa flights at Frankfurt Airport
1 year, 10 months ago

IT problems disrupt Lufthansa flights at Frankfurt Airport

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The airline said in a statement that Lufthansa Group, …

IT Outage At Lufthansa Airlines Causes Massive Flight Delays, Thousands Of Passengers Stranded
1 year, 10 months ago

IT Outage At Lufthansa Airlines Causes Massive Flight Delays, Thousands Of Passengers Stranded

ABP News  

An IT outage at Germany's Lufthansa caused huge flight delays and disruption across the group's airlines, the company said today, adding that the reason for the failure was yet unknown, news agency Reuters reported. "There is a group-wide IT system failure," Reuters reported quoting a Lufthansa official. Planes will be boarded manually but system needs to be operational for departure.#MSC2023 …

Lufthansa settles dispute with excluded Jewish passengers
2 years ago

Lufthansa settles dispute with excluded Jewish passengers

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German airline Lufthansa said Thursday that it has reached a settlement with most members of a group of Orthodox Jewish passengers who weren’t allowed to board a flight in Frankfurt earlier this year after some had refused to wear masks. Lufthansa apologized after the incident on May 4, which involved passengers from New York transiting at Germany’s biggest …

Lufthansa draws flak after Bengaluru-bound flight from Frankfurt lands 36 hours behind schedule
2 years, 2 months ago

Lufthansa draws flak after Bengaluru-bound flight from Frankfurt lands 36 hours behind schedule

The Hindu  

A Bengaluru-bound Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt with 300 passengers onboard landed at Kempegowda International Airport on Thursday afternoon, almost 36 hours behind schedule. Airline’s response The airline tweeted that the flight was diverted to Istanbul to treat a medical emergency. “Lufthansa flight LH754/18 October from Frankfurt to Bangalore had to be diverted to Istanbul due to a medical emergency onboard. …

Deal with union averts pilot strike at Germany’s Lufthansa
2 years, 3 months ago

Deal with union averts pilot strike at Germany’s Lufthansa

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A union representing pilots at Lufthansa on Tuesday called off a planned two-day strike after a last-minute agreement with Germany’s biggest airline in a pay dispute. The Vereinigung Cockpit union had announced plans for a walkout on Wednesday and Thursday, calling on the company to make a “serious” offer in talks over pay increases. In hastily convened talks …

Pilots of German airline Lufthansa to strike again this week
2 years, 3 months ago

Pilots of German airline Lufthansa to strike again this week

Firstpost  

The strike comes just a week after the airline was forced to cancel almost all its flights on Friday due to a pilots’ walk-out, affecting 130,000 passengers Frankfurt: Pilots at German airline Lufthansa will strike again this week, their union Cockpit said Tuesday, escalating a wage dispute. The strike comes just a week after the airline was forced to cancel …

Germany: Lufthansa pilots begin strike action, 800 flights cancelled
2 years, 3 months ago

Germany: Lufthansa pilots begin strike action, 800 flights cancelled

Hindustan Times  

The airline has canceled 800 flights from Germany on Friday and has warned that disruption could continue over the weekend. All Lufthansa flights departing from Germany on Friday are included in the strike, affecting schedules in the major hubs of Frankfurt and Munich in particular. Pilots at Germany's airline Lufthansa started a planned 24-hour strike shortly after midnight on Friday. …

Lufthansa cancels many flights Friday due to pilots’ strike
2 years, 3 months ago

Lufthansa cancels many flights Friday due to pilots’ strike

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German carrier Lufthansa says it is canceling almost all passenger and cargo flights Friday from its two biggest hubs, Frankfurt and Munich, due to planned strike action by pilots. A union representing Lufthansa pilots said early Thursday that they will stage a walk-out after demands for a pay increase were rejected by management. The union Vereinigung Cockpit accused …

Lufthansa expects air travel crisis won't end this year
2 years, 5 months ago

Lufthansa expects air travel crisis won't end this year

Hindustan Times  

German airline Lufthansa has said it is canceling over 2,000 additional flights at its Frankfurt and Munich hubs due to staff shortages. The announcement comes two weeks after Lufthansa said it would cancel 900 connections in July German airline Lufthansa said it doesn't expect flight operations to return to normal until next year. "Unfortunately, we will hardly be able to …

Air traffic across Germany disrupted due to walkouts
2 years, 9 months ago

Air traffic across Germany disrupted due to walkouts

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Air travel was disrupted across Germany on Tuesday as security personnel at several airports in the country staged walkouts to demand higher wages. Numerous flights were canceled at Frankfurt Airport due to the strike organized by trade union ver.di, German news agency dpa reported. Starting at 2 a.m., employees of the cargo and passenger controls at Germany’s largest …

Security Staff Strike in Germany Causes Hundreds of Flights to be Cancelled
2 years, 9 months ago

Security Staff Strike in Germany Causes Hundreds of Flights to be Cancelled

News 18  

Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights to and from German airports on Monday as security workers went on strike amid a wage dispute. Security workers staged a full-day walkout at six airports including Duesseldorf, Cologne/Bonn and Berlin on Monday, and one-day strikes have also been called for other airports on Tuesday including Frankfurt and Hamburg. Tuesday’s walkout will hit Germany’s busiest …

Thousands of flights cancelled due to COVID-driven staff shortage
3 years ago

Thousands of flights cancelled due to COVID-driven staff shortage

Al Jazeera  

Delta, Lufthansa, United cancel flights on Christmas Eve and beyond as Omicron cases force personnel to take sick leave. At least three major airlines have reported cancelling dozens of flights as illnesses largely tied to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus take a toll on flight crew numbers during the busy holiday travel season. Germany-based Lufthansa said on Friday that …

German Airline Lufthansa Reaches Deal With Pilots On Cost Savings
4 years ago

German Airline Lufthansa Reaches Deal With Pilots On Cost Savings

News 18  

BERLIN: Lufthansa and its pilots have reached an agreement that secures jobs until end-March 2022 and could help reduce costs by as much as 450 million euros, pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit said on Wednesday. It is surviving on 9 billion euros of state aid, and Chief Executive Carsten Spohr had said earlier this month that the airline would have to …

Lufthansa’s India spat highlights barriers to long-haul return
4 years, 2 months ago

Lufthansa’s India spat highlights barriers to long-haul return

Live Mint  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s decision to scrap flights to India following a clash over coronavirus-related travel curbs illustrates just how difficult bringing back inter-continental flights is proving. Europe’s biggest airline said Tuesday it was pulling 23 weekly flights for the next three weeks after India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation declined to sign off on the schedule. It complained that Germany …

Lufthansa Cancels All Flights to India Till October 20 Citing Dispute Over Air Bubble Pact
4 years, 2 months ago

Lufthansa Cancels All Flights to India Till October 20 Citing Dispute Over Air Bubble Pact

News 18  

Lufthansa, one of the Europe’s largest air carrier and Germany’s largest air carrier has announced to cancel all flights to India starting September 30 till October 20 citing dispute with the centre. Lufthansa, in a statement said that Indian government has unexpectedly rejected the Lufthansa’s flight schedule despite prior agreement under the air bubble pact. Lufthansa, on Twitter, said – …

Lufthansa Plans Forced Job Cuts Amid Massive Financial Loss Due to Air Travel Restrictions
4 years, 4 months ago

Lufthansa Plans Forced Job Cuts Amid Massive Financial Loss Due to Air Travel Restrictions

News 18  

German airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday that demand for air travel will return to pre-crisis levels only in 2024 or even later as it announced forced layoffs on the back of a significant loss. The results are "the worst quarterly results in Lufthansa's 65-year history," said the flag carrier's chief executive Carsten Spohr, as the airline warned of a "clearly …

Lufthansa looks beyond 2024 for recovery in air travel
4 years, 4 months ago

Lufthansa looks beyond 2024 for recovery in air travel

CNN  

London CNN Business — Demand for air travel will not fully recover until 2024 “at the earliest,” Lufthansa said on Thursday as it unveiled a record quarterly loss and warned that layoffs in its home market, Germany, can no longer be ruled out. The Lufthansa Group posted an operating loss of €1.7 billion in the second quarter, as passenger numbers …

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