FRANKFURT, April 13 (Reuters) - A pilots' strike at Lufthansa and its low-cost subsidiary Eurowings caused hundreds of flight cancellations on Monday, affecting tens of thousands of passengers. Pilots
Lufthansa Pilots Strike Again, Forcing Hundreds of Flight Cancellations Across Germany
Impact and Details of the Lufthansa Pilots Strike
Overview of the Strike
FRANKFURT, April 13 (Reuters) - A pilots' strike at Lufthansa and its low-cost subsidiary Eurowings caused hundreds of flight cancellations on Monday, affecting tens of thousands of passengers.
Union Actions and Demands
Pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit has asked its members at Lufthansa's core brand and regional subsidiary Cityline to walk out on Monday and Tuesday.
- Lufthansa and the VC are at odds over a company pension scheme for pilots, with the union demanding that the airline more than double its contributions
Flight Cancellations at Major Airports
Frankfurt Airport
At Frankfurt airport, Germany's largest hub, 570 take-offs and landings, mostly from Lufthansa, were cancelled. More than 50,000 passengers were affected
Munich Airport
Munich airport reported a combined 720 cancellations over two days, most of them connections offered by Lufthansa.
Overall Operational Impact
- The company does not provide absolute figures for cancellations, only percentages
- At Lufthansa, which also includes unaffected units Discover and City Airlines, two-thirds of short and medium-haul flights and half of long-haul flights were cancelled
- Eurowings said it would operate around 300, or 60%, of its scheduled flights
(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach, writing by Linda Pasquini, editing by Thomas Seythal)
