If you fly Lufthansa you're in trouble: strike-flash of pilots and flight attendants, hundreds of flights canceled
A sudden blow to tens of thousands of travelers. That's what the German pilots' union VC (Vereinigung Cockpit) [...]
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A sudden blow to tens of thousands of travelers. That's what the German VC pilots' union (Vereinigung Cockpit) inflicted by declaring just 48 hours in advance A strike that will affect most of the flights operated by Lufthansa on Thursday, Feb. 12, from all German airports and particularly, as far as Italian transit passengers are concerned, from its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich.
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Hundreds of cancellations are expected.
At the same time, the UFO union of flight attendants called a strike for the same day. Of all its adherents working in the aircraft cabins of City Line subsidiary, which will affect all Lufthansa City Line flights departing from Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Bremen, Stuttgart, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Berlin and Hanover airports.
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The German airline reported that it intends to re-route, where possible, most passengers affected by the strike, on flights departing in the hours following the end of the strike, which will last 24 hours from midnight today until midnight tomorrow.
Travelers will be notified by text message of any cancellation of their flight. The routes operated by other Lufthansa Group companies will not be affected by the labor unrest.
