Because of the Lufthansa strike – Swiss cancels a dozen flights – 1000 passengers affected – News

  • The strike announced for Wednesday at Lufthansa is also affecting the subsidiary Swiss.
  • The Swiss airline is canceling a dozen flights.
  • Around 1,000 passengers are affected, as Swiss spokeswoman Karin Montani said on Tuesday when asked by the AWP news agency.

Specifically, Swiss canceled the flights from Geneva to Frankfurt (3 return flights) and Zurich to Düsseldorf (3 return flights). “Swiss informs its passengers about the flight cancellations and looks for possible alternatives,” explained Montani. On the day after the strike, on Thursday, Swiss will fly to Düsseldorf in a larger plane to carry more passengers to their destination.

The flights operated by Lufthansa from Zurich to Frankfurt and Munich were also canceled due to the strike. The Swiss spokeswoman could not say how many passengers were affected.

Lufthansa cancels flights due to warning strikes


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The Verdi union has called around 20,000 Lufthansa employees to a one-day warning strike for Wednesday. Lufthansa warns that this will lead to “major restrictions” in Lufthansa’s flight schedule.

The flight cancellations will be published in the system on Tuesday and the affected passengers will be offered alternatives if possible, the airline continues. Passengers without transfers should not come to the airports because “little or no” service counters will be open there, the company warned.

The company did not initially publish an overview of the planned cancellations.

Lufthansa itself canceled almost the entire program at its German hubs in Frankfurt and Munich because of the warning strike by the Verdi union on Wednesday. The company said there would be flight cancellations this Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. A total of more than 1,000 flights are said to be canceled, affecting 134,000 passengers.

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