Strike and cancellations on Wednesday
Lufthansa: Don’t come to the airport
February 6, 2024, 11:04 a.m
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Lufthansa will be on strike for 27 hours starting Wednesday, forcing tens of thousands of people to change their plans. The airline advises not to come to the airport at all if flights are canceled. The Verdi union defends the work stoppages.
During the warning strike by ground staff planned for Wednesday, passengers on canceled Lufthansa flights should under no circumstances come to the airport. “Due to the strike, the rebooking counters are unfortunately not staffed,” the airline writes on its website. Free rebooking options are available via lufthansa.com, the customer app and the service center. Tickets for domestic flights could be converted into vouchers for train journeys.
The Verdi union has called on the ground staff of various Lufthansa companies to go on a warning strike from 4 a.m. on Wednesday until 7:10 a.m. on Thursday morning – i.e. for 27 hours. The Lufthansa core company expects that 80 to 90 percent of its flights planned for Wednesday will be canceled. The flight plan already contains the first cancellations to the Far East from Frankfurt and Munich for late Tuesday evening.
The company spoke of more than 100,000 affected passengers who will have to change their plans. The Lufthansa locations in Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin and Düsseldorf are on strike. The impact on flights of other airlines within and outside the Lufthansa Group is still unclear.
“Ten percent real wage loss”
Lufthansa’s Verdi group manager, Marvin Reschinsky, said to ntv: “The employees at Lufthansa have had a total loss of over ten percent in real wages in their pockets in the last three years, and that is noticeable.” An offer the company had previously made was not sufficient and Lufthansa refused to make improvements.
According to Verdi, only Lufthansa companies with a total of around 25,000 employees will go on strike on Wednesday. Specifically named: Deutsche Lufthansa, Lufthansa Technik, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services and Lufthansa Engineering and Operational Services.