Lufthansa will cancel hundreds of flights after pilots union announces 1-day strike
Germany’s Lufthansa said it will have to cancel 800 flights Friday, likely affecting 130,000 passengers, after the pilots union announced a one-day strike.
BERLIN — Germany’s Lufthansa said it will have to cancel 800 flights Friday, likely affecting 130,000 passengers, after the pilots union announced a one-day strike.
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union said late Wednesday that pay talks had failed and Lufthansa pilots would stage a 24-hour strike starting just after midnight Thursday, affecting both passenger and cargo services.
Lufthansa said flight cancellations would affect Frankfurt and Munich airports, adding that several flights would also have to be canceled Thursday.
VC is demanding a 5.5% pay rise this year for its more than 5,000 pilots and automatic inflation compensation thereafter.
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