The second day of the Lufthansa strike hits the region’s airports massively. Only a few machines will take off to Munich and Frankfurt on Friday.
- Nationwide Lufthansa strike at the November 7th and 8th
- Failures at airports Bremen, Hanover, Hamburg and Munster / Osnabruck
- Few flights to the Turnstiles in Munich and Frankfurt
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Update, November 8, 9 a.m.: The Lufthansa strike goes on Friday in the second round and will hit the airports in the region massively. Very few flights to the Munich and Frankfurt hubs will start.
At the Bremen Airport only one of twelve planned machines starts on Friday, namely the connection at 10.10 a.m. Munich. Frankfurt is not accessible by plane on Friday.
The situation is similar at Hannover Airport. From there, only two of the planned 16 departures are to take place on Friday. A Lufthansa aircraft takes off at around 9:30 a.m. Munich. At 10.30 a.m. it goes after Frankfurt.
At the Hamburg Airport are currently four departures to Munich planned. To Frankfurt According to current planning, no machine should take off.
As well on Münster / Osnabrück Airport the Lufthansa strike has a massive impact on flights to the hubs. In the early morning there is a machine behind Frankfurt flown. A total of four flights are to take off towards the Main. Munich will not be served on Friday. (sb)
First day of strike at Lufthansa hits Lower Saxony / Hamburg hard
Update, November 7, 10:30 a.m.: The 48 hour strike of Lufthansa cabin personnel has begun. The first flights at the airports in the region have been canceled.
At the Bremen airport the following flights fall on November 7th from: 6 a.m. to Munich, 8.20 a.m. to Frankfurt, 9.15 a.m. to Munich, 10.35 a.m. to Frankfurt, 12.55 p.m. to Munich, 2.35 p.m. to Frankfurt, 17.20 p.m. to Munich, 6.40 p.m. to Munich, 7 p.m. to Frankfurt. At the November 8th canceled: 6 a.m. to Munich, 6.40 a.m., 8.20 a.m., 10.40 a.m. and 2.35 p.m. to Frankfurt, 17.20 p.m., 18.35 p.m. to Munich, 7 p.m. to Frankfurt. A total of 31 connections were canceled on the return flights.
At the Hannover Airport fall on November 7th 11 out of 16 scheduled departures and arrivals from. Planning for the November 8th have not yet been determined, it says in the morning.
At the Münster / Osnabrück Airport fall on November 7th also made numerous flights. The connections are affected at 6 a.m. to Munich, 12.50 p.m. to Munich, 5.15 p.m. to Munich. At the November 8th canceled: 6, 12.50 and 5.15 p.m. to Munich. The connections to Frankfurt are current.
As well on Hamburg Airport numerous Lufthansa connections to and from Munich and Frankfurt have been canceled. Air travelers should inform Lufthansa about the current flight status.
Lufthansa strike: 1,300 flights are canceled nationwide
Update, November 6th, 16.30 o’clock: The Lufthansa is canceling nationwide on Thursday Friday approximately 1,300 flights, round 180,000 passengers are affected by this, the company says. Of the 3,000 planned flights, 2,300 are scheduled to take place on Thursday. On Friday, 2,400 out of 3,000 starts are planned. The Special flight schedule to be released in the afternoon, the passengers would be informed until the evening.
The Effects of the strike to Bremen, Hanover, Hamburg and Münster / Osnabrück airports are still in the early afternoon not clear. The Lufthansa website was temporarily unavailable.
UFO strike: Lufthansa flights in the north are canceled
First report, November 5: The patience of the “Independent flight attendant organization “UFO is at the end. Several attempts to talk to the LufthansaCorporation failed, now that’s supposed to Cabin personnel nationwide on strike kick, says the UFO. Lufthansa wants that strike have it banned by the courts. A replacement flight plan is also being worked on, reports Kreiszeitung.de*.
The background of the 48 hour strikes is an ongoing one Conflict between Lufthansa and UFO. The company does not recognize the UFO as an authorized union for cabin crew. Now the nationwide strike of Thursday, November 7th, midnight to Friday, November 8th, midnight.
Nationwide Lufthansa strike: Frankfurt and Munich massively affected
Lufthansa flights departing from and in Germany are on strike. Calls for strikes for the Lufthansa subsidiaries Lufthansa CityLine, Germanwings, Eurowings and Sun Express could follow at any time, according to the union.
The flight attendants’ union UFO rejected an offer to talk to Lufthansa before the strike.
© dpa / Silas Stein
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The 48-hour pause will also have a massive impact on the region’s airports. We give an overview of the Lufthansa flights to the Airports Bremen, Hanover, Hamburg and Munster / Osnabruck.
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Lufthansa strike at Bremen Airport
From Bremen Airport Lufthansa flies the two hubs Munich and Frankfurt at. To Frankfurt and back ten connections are affected daily – in total 20 flights in these days. From and to Munich 14 flights are planned every day – so 28 connections. A total of up to 48 flights from / to Bremen can be canceled. The Eurowings-Connection between Bremen and Stuttgart will not currently be affected by the strike.
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Lufthansa strike at Hanover Airport
From Hannover Airport Lufthansa also flies its hubs Frankfurt and Munich at. To Frankfurt and back, twelve flights are planned daily – so 24 connections on Thursday and Friday. From and to Munich could up to 40 connections fail on November 7th and 8th. The Eurowings-Connections after Stuttgart, Vienna and Palma de Mallorca are excluded from the strike.
Lufthansa strike at Hamburg Airport
From Hamburg Airport serves Lufthansa Munich and Frankfurt. The Eurowings connections take place on October 7th and 8th. From and to Frankfurt are on the two days 32 take-offs and landings provided in the flight plan. From and to Munich are 48 take-offs and landings intended. For example, up to 80 connections could be affected by the strike.
Lufthansa strike at Münster / Osnabrück airport
Also from Münster / Osnabrück Airport Lufthansa serves the hubs Frankfurt and Munich. From and to Frankfurt are total on Thursday and Friday 16 connections planned. From and to Munich should 20 flights go. It is still unclear which of the 36 connections will take place. The Eurowings-Machine after Palma de Mallorca is scheduled to take off on Thursday, October 7th, as planned.
Lufthansa approaches the UFO union
Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr invited the representatives of UFO, the service union Verdi and the industrial union for air transport (IGL) to a top-level meeting on Wednesday evening, as the company announced on Tuesday. However, the flight attendant union UFO rejected the offer and was informed on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, that has Labor Court Frankfurt one Urgent application from Lufthansa rejected and the flight attendants’ strike declared lawful. That became known on Wednesday. Now the group called it in the second instance Hessian State Labor Court who wanted to judge on Wednesday evening.
Lufthansa strike: information for passengers
If you want to fly with Lufthansa on Thursday and Friday, October 7th and 8th, you should go to the Lufthansa website inform. The airline is working on a replacement flight plan, it is said. Affected Customers Lufthansa can make your Change flights for free or domestically free with the German train drive. The ticket must have been issued before November 4th. The alternative flight must start no later than November 15th.
Most recently, the Lufthansa subsidiaries were struck in October 2019. However, the impact on Hanover and Bremen airports remained minimal.
With material from dpa
* Kreiszeitung.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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