Status: 02.09.2022 21:01
On Friday there had been again flight cancellations at Hamburg airport. The explanation was a 24-hour strike by Lufthansa pilots.
Lufthansa experienced declared that a whole of all around 800 flights would be canceled due to the strike at its German hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Close to 130,000 travellers are envisioned to be influenced. In accordance to the airport, pretty much the whole Lufthansa flight timetable has also been canceled in Hamburg. For Germany’s fifth biggest airport, this meant: 21 departures to the two hubs have been canceled. As lots of flights from Frankfurt and Munich to Helmut Schmidt airport have been canceled.
The morning was silent at the Lufthansa counter at Hamburg airport. Apparently, most of the travellers ended up informed in progress and the flight was refunded or rebooked.
Bankruptcies also in Bremen and Hanover
In Bremen, four of the seven departures and three of the seven arrivals have been canceled, an airport spokeswoman reported. Also at Hanover Airport, a few of the 7 Lufthansa departures had been shown as canceled on the airport’s homepage. In conditions of arrivals, three out of 7 flights had been influenced.
Eurowings not fascinated
Only the pilots of the dad or mum company and of the freight subsidiary Lufthansa Cargo, which performs no purpose at Hamburg airport, have been referred to as to strike. Flights to and from other domestic destinations were being served by the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings, so they were not affected by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilot union strike.
Lufthansa informs the travellers worried
Influenced passengers really should get in touch with on their own for flight details and feasible rebookings make contact with Lufthansa directlya spokesman for Hamburg airport reported. Lufthansa stated that the flight agenda would be modified and that all friends would be knowledgeable with their get in touch with information in the reserving by SMS or e mail.
Collective bargaining is blocked
The VC experienced referred to as a strike on Wednesday. The official rationale for the trade union motion is the failure of negotiations on a new collective wage settlement from the trade union stage of see. An exploratory tour at the rear of closed doorways and an enhanced supplying from the firm previous 7 days also did not direct to a breakthrough. VC is calling for a 5.5% salary maximize for captains and first officers aboard Lufthansa plane this year. An increase in line with inflation is predicted from future 12 months. In accordance to Lufthansa, it not too long ago presented € 900 more for every thirty day period, which is all-around 5% a lot more for knowledgeable captains, but 18% a lot more for younger pros. The company requested the union to keep on negotiations.
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