Lufthansa Group is regrettably compelled to droop its flight operations at its German hubs in Frankfurt and Munich

The Verdi commerce union has referred to as on public sector staff at Frankfurt/Fundamental, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen airports to stage a full-day strike on Friday, 17 February 2023.

Because of the strike announcement, the airports in Frankfurt and Munich, amongst others, are suspending common passenger operations for Friday. Consequently, the Lufthansa Group is regrettably compelled to droop its flight operations at its German hubs in Frankfurt and Munich particularly for that day, canceling a complete of greater than 1,300 flights.

Lufthansa has already knowledgeable passengers affected by the cancellations and, the place potential, is providing various connections and rebooking on rail. As well as, prospects are requested to verify the standing of their flight at an early stage on lufthansa.com and within the Lufthansa app.

“We remorse the large influence of this warning strike which is being carried out on the expense of our passengers. We aren’t a celebration to the collective bargaining and haven’t any affect on it – nonetheless, our company and we’re massively affected. Greater than 1,300 flight cancellations for Lufthansa Group airways alone present as soon as once more how weak and fragile the air transport system is to strike exercise,” mentioned Michael Niggemann, Member of the Govt Board and Chief Officer Human Sources & Infrastructure Lufthansa Group.

Lufthansa expects common flight operations to be largely again to regular as early as Saturday, 18 February 2023.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, generally shortened to Lufthansa, is the flag provider of Germany. When mixed with its subsidiaries, it’s the second-largest airline in Europe when it comes to passengers carried. Lufthansa is without doubt one of the 5 founding members of Star Alliance, the world’s largest airline alliance, shaped in 1997.

Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft is a German commerce union primarily based in Berlin, Germany. It was established on 19 March 2001 as the results of a merger of 5 particular person unions and is a member of the German Commerce Union Confederation.