A three-day pilots' strike at Lufthansa subsidiary Discover resulted in further cancellations in Frankfurt and Munich on Sunday, the German holiday airline reported. Eight of 19 flights scheduled on Sunday were cancelled. Discover said it planned to use aircraft of other airlines or book passengers onto later flights. Ahead of the strike, which began at midnight on Friday (2300 GMT), Discover said it planned to maintain two thirds of its schedule. On Saturday, Discover said it had cancelled seve
More than 100,000 Lufthansa passengers face delays and disrupted flights this week after German services union Verdi called its ground staff out on a 27-hour strike starting on Tuesday. Lufthansa said on Sunday that it was working on an emergency schedule. Airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart will be hit. Ground staff are to walk off the job at 4 am (0300 GMT) on Tuesday and return to work at around dawn on Wednesday, Verdi announced in Berlin. A
More than 100,000 Lufthansa passengers face delays and disrupted flights this week after German services union Verdi called its ground staff out on a 27-hour strike starting on Tuesday. Lufthansa said on Sunday that it was working on an emergency schedule. Airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart will be hit. Ground staff are to walk off the job at 4 am (0300 GMT) on Tuesday and return to work at around dawn on Wednesday, Verdi announced in Berlin. A
German airline Lufthansa has complained about a lack of innovation at the Munich Airport, the second-largest hub for the flagship carrier. Lufthansa Airline's chief operating officer, Karl Brandes, said on Tuesday evening that management at Munich Airport has not made the same kind of progress in recruiting personnel and modernizing processes as Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport. Brandes acknowledged the current difficulty in hiring new staff, saying Lufthansa itself faces similar challenges, b
Lufthansa has criticized the lack of innovation in aircraft handling. The airline is particularly critical of Munich Airport, which has also failed to find new staff quickly enough after the Corona.