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Lufthansa pilots to go on strike but exempt Middle East flights
The strike follows failed pension talks and excludes flights to 14 Middle East destinations, disrupting hundreds of Lufthansa flights from Germany, union officials said.
- 1- Pilots at Lufthansa will stage a two-day strike starting Thursday in a dispute with the airline over pension benefits. 2- The strike, organised by the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit, targets Lufthansa’s core airline and cargo division after talks over more generous retirement benefits failed. 3- The union said flights to certain Middle East destinations will be exempt from the strike “in light of the current situation” in the region.
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For two days, Germany's larger airline will be on strike. What are the claims of travellers when their Lufthansa flight is cancelled? Overview of the most important information.
The VC trade union called on the pilots of Lufthansa and its subsidiaries Cargo and Cityline to strike for two days on Thursday and Friday tomorrow. The reason for the dispute was that the Group did not want to talk about substantial improvements in the tariff pension scheme.
The last time the pilots went on strike was in February.
The last time pilots went on strike was in February, when 800 flights were canceled, affecting roughly 100,000 passengers.
Lufthansa is facing another strike: The Vereinigung Cockpit pilots' union has called on more than 5,000 pilots to walk off the job on Thursday and Friday. Hundreds of cancellations are expected – however, flights from the Middle East are explicitly excluded.
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