A MAJOR airline is carrying out a two-day strike from today and it will impact Brits travelling to Europe.
Pilots at Lufthansa will be striking today and tomorrow due to pension disputes, leaving hundreds of flights cancelled.
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The cancellations started just after midnight on April 13 and are expected to continue until one minute to midnight on April 14.
Travellers can expect disruption across a number of locations.
For example, over 200 arrivals at Frankfurt Airport in Germany have been cancelled.
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A number of UK flights with Lufthansa are included in this today, such as:
- 9:25am from Glasgow to Frankfurt
- 9:30am from London Heathrow to Frankfurt
- 10:20am from Birmingham to Frankfurt
- 11:55am from Newcastle to Frankfurt
- 12:45pm from Edinburgh to Frankfurt
- 1:35pm London Heathrow to Munich
- 3:30pm from London Heathrow to Frankfurt
- 4:25pm London Heathrow to Munich
- 5:30pm from London Heathrow to Frankfurt
- 5:50pm from Edinburgh to Frankfurt
- 5:50pm London Heathrow to Munich
- 6:05pm from Manchester to Frankfurt
- 6:20pm from Birmingham to Frankfurt
- 7:10pm from London Heathrow to Munich
- 7:30pm from London Heathrow to Frankfurt
- 8:25pm from London Heathrow to Munich
Pilots are also striking at Eurowings, which is a subsidiary of Lufthansa, until 11:59pm tonight.
However, only flights operated by Eurowings Germany are impacted, and not Eurowings Europe.
If you are getting a Eurowings Germany flight, here are the cancellations so far:
- 8:30am from Manchester to Stuttgart
- 12pm from London Gatwick to Cologne
- 12:10pm from London Heathrow to Dusseldorf
- 1:40pm from Edinburgh to Cologne
- 2:45pm from London Heathrow to Dusseldorf
- 2:50pm from London Heathrow to Hamburg
- 3:20pm from Manchester to Dusseldorf
- 3:45pm from Birmingham to Dusseldorf
- 5:35pm from London Heathrow to Dusseldorf
- 7pm from London Heathrow to Berlin
- 7:15pm from Edinburgh to Dusseldorf
- 7:25pm from London Heathrow to Hamburg
- 7:55pm from Manchester to Dusseldorf
- 8pm from London Heathrow to Stuttgart
- 8:05pm from Birmingham to Dusseldorf
A number of flights are also cancelled tomorrow, meaning there will be further disruption for Brits travelling to Europe.
Union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) called the strike following pension disputes, saying that Lufthansa had not presented an acceptable offer, according to Reuters.
The president of Union VC, Andreas Pinheiro said: “The Cockpit union feels compelled to take this step after the employer’s side showed no real willingness to reach a solution in several collective bargaining disputes.
“Despite our deliberate decision not to take strike action over the Easter holidays, no serious offers have been made.”
Lufthansa commented that the union’s announcement was a “new level of escalation” and that the union’s demands are “absurd and unachievable”.
The airline added: “Lufthansa and Eurowings are working intensively to keep the impact on passengers as low as possible.
“We are trying to have as many flights as possible operated by other airlines within the Lufthansa Group and by partner airlines.
“However, despite these efforts, flight cancellations are unavoidable.
“Travelers who are affected by an irregularity will be informed accordingly, provided their contact details are stored in the booking.
“We ask passengers to check the status of their flight before setting out on their journey.
“We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the disproportionate and very short-notice strike announcement.”
If your flight is cancelled, you will be able to rebook once free of charge or have your ticket refunded.
The airline also shared that flights operated by Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, SWISS, Air Dolomiti, Discover Airlines, Edelweiss and Lufthansa City Airlines will not be impacted by the strike.
Flights to the Middle East – such as to Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates – have also been excluded from the strike action, due to the Iran conflict.
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