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Due to a nationwide strike of ground handling services in Italy, announced for tomorrow, Friday 27
JAN 2012, there might be cancellations, delays and changes of the scheduled departure time
concerning flight into and out of Italy. Lufthansa regrets and will go to every length to minimise any
inconvenience caused by third parties. Lufthansa asks all passengers to check the status of their
flights prior to travelling to the airport http://f.lh.com/RtVZ
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Dag Heimdal Strike in Italy?!? Can't be possible. How unusual >:)
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Artemus Cajefe At least Lufthansa admits and makes every effort to minimize
inconvenience of their passengers.....that's very bold yet admirable...was recently
and shabbily treated by one _ _ _ Royal Airline...by the ground crew in
Manila....and instead of accepting the fault and offering any kind of effort to
assuage clients...they left us unattended....we are writing a formal complaint and
publish this in media and circulate in facebook....
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Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:38pm EDT
* Lufthansa cancels around 400 flights on Tuesday
* Frankfurt, other large and small airports affected
* Strike could widen in April if no pay deal soon-union (Adds detail from trade union,
Lufthansa, background)
FRANKFURT, March 26 (Reuters) - Deutsche Lufthansa cancelled hundreds of flights for
Tuesday at Germany's largest airports in anticipation of warning strikes by ground handlers in a
dispute over pay.
Ground handlers in Frankfurt, the country's biggest hub, would strike from 0300 to 1230 GMT in
a walkout organised by German services union Verdi, the airline said in a statement on Monday.
"Flight traffic is likely to be considerably affected and include cancellations," added a
spokesman for Frankfurt airport operator Fraport.
Lufthansa, which operates about 1,850 flights on a typical day, said it cancelled about 400 of its
flights planned for Tuesday.
Air Berlin planned to cancel eight flights out of several hundred, an Air Berlin spokeswoman
said.
Munich airport would be affected by the strike from 0400 to 1200 GMT, Düsseldorf from 0600
to 1200 GMT, Cologne from 0200 to 1000 GMT and Stuttgart from 0400 to 0900 GMT.
Verdi warned that the strike times could change and said smaller airports, such as Dortmund,
Hanover and Bremen, would also would also experience work stoppages on Tuesday.
If warning strikes were not sufficient to get a pay deal moving, the union could take a tougher
line in the coming weeks, Verdi head Frank Bsirske said on Monday.
"The chances are 50-50 for a full-scale strike," he said.
If the union and employers fail to agree in talks this week, the dispute could go to mediation.
Should mediation fail, the union could ballot its members on a broader strike in the second half
of April, Bsirske said.
Verdi is pushing for a 6.5 percent pay rise for around 2 million federal and local public sector
workers, and at least 200 euros more per month.
Employers have offered a 3.3 percent rise over a period of 24 months and a one-off payment.
(Reporting by Peter Maushagen, Franz-Norbert Piontek, Klaus Lauer, Ludwig Burger and
Jonathan Gould; Editing by Hans-Juergen Peters and Steve Orlofsky)
Lufthansa cancels majority of flights as ground staff launch one-day
strike over pay
By Jo Tweedy
PUBLISHED: 10:30 GMT, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:35 GMT, 22 April 2013
Thousands of travellers across Europe have been forced to change their plans
after Lufthansa grounded almost all of its flights today following a strike by
ground staff.
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Lufthansa cancels majority of flights as ground staff launch one-day
strike over pay
By Jo Tweedy
PUBLISHED: 10:30 GMT, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:35 GMT, 22 April 2013
Thousands of travellers across Europe have been forced to change their plans
after Lufthansa grounded almost all of its flights today following a strike by
ground staff.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2312850/Lufthansa-strike-Latest-traveladvice.html#ixzz2advHSoVR
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Lufthansa Airline
German Air Traffic Controller strike
German airline federal court decision
June 28, 2013 Lufthansa passengers look out for the self check in now at Frankfurt and
Munich airports. Scan your boarding pass, fix sticker on your luggage. Put luggage on
treadmill and don't forget your receipt.
--June 9, 2013 Oh boy, your travel plans are up the creek if you are flying
into/around Europe this week. June 12, likely to be the worst day for travel.
European air traffic controllers strike radiating from France. Other countries
are joining in follow along with us European air traffic control strike
--May 28, 2013 Tomorrow Air Dolomiti strike noon - 4PM, flights from Italy
only. Milan's Malpensa and Linate airports 24 hour strike tomorrow.
--May 13, 2013 Lufthansa management made an offer to Lufthansa pilots
today. No details made public.
--May 1, 2013 Lufthansa and unions make a deal. Members will vote on it,
results out May 14/5.
Lufthansa codeshares with Croatia airlines, follow along with us on our
Croatia Airline strike, Star Alliance Member.
--More Negotiations to take place 29 and 30 April. If no agreement made,
expect another strike any time from
April 30 on.
--Saturday, April 20 Lufthansa bringing in lawyers, to get strike deemed
illegal. Here's what Lufthansa has to say "Expect massive cancellations and
delays" Germanwings will not be effected and check status of your Lufthansa
flight See Lufthansa press release
Lufthansa recommending passengers to stick to hand luggage only. Fights
from Ireland expected to be hit hard.
--Friday, 19 April 2013 Lufthansa airline strike, 24 hours, Monday, 22 April,
2013. Long-hauls should leave, will effect domestic and European
flights.Airline will announce cancellations on Saturday evening. Involves
Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Hannover, Dusseldorf and
Cologne/Bonn Airports. Berlin Airport will strike in the morning till 2:30pm.
Website will also be closed. Your flight might be bought forward or delayed
till late Tuesday, April 23.
Thursday, April 18 Meeting last night with management found parties miles
apart.
Monday, 25 March Today Lufthansa in the news. Management lost a lawsuit
for compensation (9.2 million euros) against ramp workers union who
caused havoc last year. Majour hit for Air Berlin, Lufthansa and Fraport
(Frankfurt airport owner) as they wanted to crush the union financially. Next
Ver.di union state they will strike before next meeting planned for April 19.
They will not strike at Easter. Do keep an eye on airport security strikes.
--Wednesday, March 20:- Lufthansa strike, starts Thursday, March 21, 5am Noon (local time). 500 flights cancelled, effecting all German airports.
Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne/Bonn Hamburg etc. Long-hauls not
effected, domestic and short-hauls take the brunt of cancellations. This is a
"warning strike" by baggage handlers for once and not German airport
security for a change which has almost become livable with.
Star Alliance member.
Subsidiaries and cargo flights:-Cityline, Germanwings, AeroLogic, Air
Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, Swiss Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo.
--March 14 Here we go again. German airport security strike again starting
tomorrow Cologne/Bonn airport and at Dusseldorf airport. Will last all day,
expect hundreds of flights to be cancelled. More flier aggravation
next week, Tunisian airports will be closed due to strike. TAP Airline strike
21, 22 and 23 March. Possible UK customs strike.
--Monday March, 11 Dusseldorf Airport security strike
Later in the week 13 and 14 European Day of Action
--March 8 Cologne Bonn security strike again today, started at 4am, some 50
flights cancelled. German police step in as security agents. Likely to go on till
late at night.
--Friday, February 22, German airport security workers walked off the job
again yesterday at Dusseldorf and Cologne Bonn airports. Strikes started at
3:30 am and went till 10am, in that short time, Cologne Bonn cancelled
some 13 flights and 8 arrivals were cancelled. Dusseldorf 72 flights were
cancelled, 136,000 passengers.
Hopefully week-end won't be interrupted. Perhaps it's time to sue the union
--Friday, February 15 Unexpected today at 4 am Cologne - Bonn security
workers never showed up for work. Strike likely to go on all day. Added to
this the confusion of flight delays from yesterdays's strike. You, as planned
by Verdi union are perhaps stranded for a second day. Possibly even another
day by the time Cologne airport finishes back up of flights on Saturday.
Whose to say what antics union pulls for Saturday morning.
--February 13 Back again German airport security strike starting tomorrow 3
am, will last all day. Will hit Dusseldorf and Hamburg airports. So far nothing
up on airport websites. Here's what happended last time. See Hamburg
Airport press release Call airline before you leave home, perhaps make a
reservation at your airport hotel. Here's what Lufthansa has to say
Old industrial actions
January, 24 Don't you just love this late notice. Dusseldorf and
Bonn/Cologne airport security strike again today. Call ahead if possible. Be
prepared for flight to be cancelled or delayed. Will ripple around the
network. Lufthansa expected to be hit hard.
If caught in international transit terminal and you don/t have a German visa,
expect to sleep on a cot tonight in the airport, other passengers will have to
be put up in hotels.
--18 January Airport security issue back in the news today. Airport security
workers never showed up for shifts today at Hamburg Airport. Only one of
the 20 security isles working. Airport telling passengers to be prepared to
miss flight or have it cancelled. A foot of snow has also caused cancellations
across Germany today adding to the mix. Security earn 11.80 euros
($15.73) and want a raise to 14.50 euros. Call airport before you leave the
house. Lufthansa flights hit especially bad, strike will last from 4am to 11pm
Follow along here at our Hamburg Airport page. Lufthansa website was down
earlier today
--Keep an eye on Current Travel Information and Flight Disruptions
German Flight Attendants Union UFO
Fraport Communications Toll 01 805 372 46 36
from abroad +49-1805-372 46 36
Lufthansa 01 805-805 805 .14 euro from a landline and from your mobile
.42 euro.
--Last years 2012 industrial actions
Monday December 10, Wildcat strike today at German airports. Passengers
didn't know what hit them! Strike was announced late last night. Strike was
roughly from 6 - 9 AM. Rippled around the network, Lufthansa cancelled
some 90 flights. Strike was by 1,000 airport security workers. Talks had
stalled with management, next meeting planned for January.
Another problem for January 2013 is European airlines pilot and cabin crew
strike
Old strike information
Keep an eye on Current Travel Information and Flight Disruptions
German Flight Attendants Union UFO
Fraport Communications Toll 01 805 372 46 36
from abroad +49-1805-372 46 36
Lufthansa 01 805-805 805 .14 euro from a landline and from your mobile
.42 euro.
European Day of Strike Action 14 November 2012 14N
First look we don't see anything on Lufthansa site for Spains general strike
tomorrow, 14 N. You will be delayed or cancelled.
13 November 2012 Deal made with cabin crew. Union UFO had asked for a
5% raise, management offered 3.6%, eventually parties compromised on
4.6%. No flight attendant redundancies till December 2014. In the mean
time 3,500 pen pushers will go, but it's not enough. Ultimate cost to airline
33 million euros yearly.
Yes. all's well for this airline for a bit. Stockholders are happy. Lufthansa
still has to find cuts and will go ahead with a opening a new low cost airline.
Star Alliance member. If perhaps at the end of next year you
are thinking of buying a pricey round the world ticket for the for the
following year, choose another airline. Codeshares with Air India, Air Malta,
JetBlue, Luxair and Turkish Airlines.
--Wednesday 19 September 2012 New low cost airline to begining next year.
Do yourself a favour don't book with this carrier till after new subsidiary is
up and running.
--Sunday 9 September 2012 Mediation will go on till mid October. Flights on
normal schedule.
Saturday 8 September 2012 Flights back to normal today. One major
concession has been made by Lufthansa airlines. Company has agreed to
not hire outside contracts/temporary, workers out of Berlin airport. Parties
will meet Tuesday. Another new gripe, employees do not want to be
transferred to a low cost airline.
Friday 7 September 2012 Union:-No more strikes for the time being.
Arbitrator called in.
Other airlines on strike today, Corsair International out of France and
Egyptair grounds international flights due to air crew strike. Frankfurt
airport relatively quiet due to airline giving passengers a reasonable heads
up on Friday's action. Some Lufthansa flights are actually flying today.
--Thursday 6 September. Yes flights are cancelled left right and center. If you
have information/pictures that others can use pass it on.
contact@easytravelreport.com We and others want to know what's going on
at your airport. DB German rail company adding more trains and carriages,
some 100,000 passengers up the creek.
--Wednesday, 5 September, Flight attendants strike this Thursday,
6 September starting 10PM (midnight local time) ending 10PM Friday night.
Network still suffering repercussions today. Thousands of passengers will be
disrupted.
(Lufthansa saves money by having fleet grounded)
What's going on over Newark, NJ departures Ottawa departures
--Tuesday 4 September Strike spread in the night. Industrial action has now
started at Frankfurt airport 6AM and Munich Airport will start at 1PM till
midnight along with Berlin Tegel airport 5AM. 350 flights cancelled today,
some 26,000 passengers stranded. Long-hauls to
LA, Chicago, Houston, Mexico City and Beijing cancelled.
All but crippled airline. When do negotiations start? UFO union had declined
talks last Friday. Lufthansa now plans a new low cost subsidiary.
--Update:- STRIKE IS TUESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 5AM TO 1PM LUNCH TIME
AGAIN. This time it is out of Berlin airport.
Excluded from this are regional flight attendants strike call with foreign
Homebase (Delhi, Bangkok). We will follow along our Berlin Airport strike
page.
--Tuesday 4 September Devastating strike has escalated today to not only
Berlin airport but also back to Frankfurt airport starting 6AM and Munich
airport starting 1PM till midnight.
--Update:-Monday 3 September strike is on for tomorrow 5am-1PM. This time
it's out of Berlin Airport.
--Monday 3 September Union have announced they will strike tomorrow,
Tuesday, no times given yet. Just that you will be given six hours notice
again.
Gossip:-German magazine Der Spiegel has reported, without saying where it
obtained the information, that Lufthansa plans to start negotiating with the
union on Sept. 10. A spokesman declined to comment on the date. This
came from Vancouver Star
1 September 2012 We've learned today that some 350 travelers got
stranded at Frankfurt airport transit lounge and had to sleep on cots because
they had no visa and did not expect to need one. They were given hot food
and drinks. Another 18 flights were cancelled today. UFO union has not yet
released information as to where the next strike will hit.
--31 August Endless lines at Lufthansa desks around all German airports
today. Passengers given peanuts and water. Union call strike a great success
and to expect more strike action this week-end. Berlin Tegel faired well, with
only 8 flights cancelled to Frankfurt. Bremen 3. Frankfurt airport for a time
was full for incoming carriers. No where to put all the Lufthansa jets.
--30 August Update today. Yes, warm up. It's announced and the unlucky
passengers are passengers in and out of Frankfurt airport tomorrow, Friday.
From 5am - 1pm lunch time.
30 August 2012 Evil flight attendants union state strike will start tomorrow,
Friday. At various airports and you will be given only 6 hours notice.
--29 August 2012 UFO Union has announced strike will start Thursday, no date
and time officially given yet. Only clue we have is that it will last for several
hours. (We will be up dating) Union has given out some good news
however. If they strike in the morning you will be told the night before.
Make sure airline has all your contact information. Workers at foreign
airports will not strike. Eurowings, CityLine and Germanwings will not be on
strike. Austrian Airlines will use larger aircraft. Lufthansa codeshares with Air
Malta. Air Malta pilots are also threatening industrial action this week,
they've rejected a new contract offer.
Airline has relationships with:Adria Airways, Aegean, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA,
Austrian Airlines, Avianca, Blue1, Brussels Airlines, Copa, Croatia, Edelweiss
Air, Egypt, Ethiopian, JetBlue, Lauda Air, Lot, Luxair, Scandinavian,
Singapore, South African, Swiss Airlines, TACA, TAM, TAP, Thai Airways,
Turkish Airlines,Turkey SunExpress, Tyrolean Airways/Austrian Arrows,
United Airlines and US Airways
--28 August 2012 Talks have failed between cabin crew UFO labour union and
Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Carrier will not give in on it's restructuring
programme. 120,000 jobs are to be cut and 3,500 will be flight attendants.
18,000 flight attendants can strike legally anytime. You will be lucky today
to get by with your travel plans. Lufthansa will not make contingency plans
public till union gives strike times and dates. We do know that long-hauls
will take priority. Company will want expensive airlines back in home bases.
Cabin crews do not want to be abandoned in a hotel abroad incurring hotel
fees. Union will only pay for X number of days of accommodation. Cabin
crews will be informed of details via text and emails.
Lufthansa will be knocking on judges doors to get the open ended strike
deemed illegal today.
Reminder other airlines will be jumping for joy. Watch the ticket prices, car
rentals will be hard to find. Lufthansa will book every hotel they can get.
Perhaps German train company will add extra cars and trains.
--24 August Flight attendants talks will continue till Tuesday, August 28. If no
compromise expect a strike. Do you have a plan B?
23 August 2012 Update:-Flight attendants in more talks, last day of
negotiations is Tuesday, 28 August and most probable date for strike action.
--17 August 2012 Talks still on going, UFO union flight attendants delay
decision till next week. Reminder this is a volatile situation and a strike can
happen anytime. Be prepared somehow!! If you have a lay over in a German
airport, get a German visa that way you can get out of the terminal for
another form of transportation.
--8 August 2012 Lufthansa's 12,000 flight attendants have voted for strike
action, new meeting with management 16 August.
--23 April 2012 Announced today, no surprise, Lufthansa is going to make
some severe cut backs. No more first class, no new planes and cancellations
of routes. Will let go 3,500 flight attendants.
--26 March 2012 German baggage handlers back at it again tomorrow. They
will strike from 3 AM to Noon tomorrow. Flights have been cancelled by Air
Berlin and Lufthansa.
--4 March 2012 Lufthansa announced that they will increase the fuel surcharge
from February 28 due to rising oil prices. 4 to 35 Euro's per flight.
German airport strike.
Update:-Strike by air traffic controllers tomorrow deemed illegal. So you got
lucky!
February 28 Tuesday Frankfurt airport strike is heating up today. GdF is
calling on German air traffic controllers to join in with the strike from
tomorrow Wednesday 5 AM - 11 AM. Check back for another update.
February, 27 Monday Frankfurt airport running smoothly today mainly
because of the 148 flight cancellations.
26 February 2012 Negotiations failed between GdF and Fraport
management. Strike back on starting tonight Sunday 8 PM till Thursday 1
March 4 AM. Call your carrier or agent.
(I am going out on a limb here. GdF union will eventually get annoyed at
paying the 200 or so workers salary (on the other foot for a change). Yes
this is a wealthy union but you know this will irritate them sooner than later.
I suspect they will then recruit other airports to join in as management is
not going to budge)
Wednesday 22 February Strike will end with tonight's night shift.
Fraport management and union start negotiations Thursday AM. You got
lucky for a change!
Tuesday 21 February Sorry to tell you Frankfurt airport strike is to go on till
10 PM Friday 24 February. Today Lufthansa cancelled less than two hundred
flights today. Still nothing up on Lufthansa web site. You should be updates
via text.
19 February Frankfurt airport workers back on strike tomorrow Monday 20
February for 24 hours. Expect to be re-routed or even cancelled, call your
travel agent or airline ASAP.
15 February 2012 First major strike in Germany this year 2012. Frankfurt
airport will be on strike tomorrow from 2 PM - 9 PM GMT. Suspect it will drag
on later than 9 PM as the tarmac workers are out till 11 PM. Your flight will
be delayed. Call the airline or your travel agent. Frankfurt airport has given
a number to call Fraport Communication Center at the number 0 18 05/3 72
46 36 or +49 1805-372 4636. Do you have a round the world ticket with
Star Alliance? Lufthansa is in the Star Alliance Group. Lufthansa fourth
largest airline, code-shares with
Air India, Air Malta, Avianca, JetBlue, Luxair and TACA Airlines.
--So last year
Oct 24 2011 Lufthansa Cargo to strike for 90 mins tomorrow reuters.
Sunday 9 October From Lufthansa site today. Flight disruption to be
expected tomorrow, Monday afternoon in Germany. Due to employee
meetings at several German airports flight disruption are expected on
Monday afternoon.
Old Stuff
8/8/2011 Strike has been CANCELLED AGAIN FOR tomorrow. Parties agree
to talks that will last approximately four weeks.
Another Update for today by Reuters issue back in court
Update:- Monday 8 August. German air traffic controllers strike is set for
tomorrow, Tuesday 4am-10am all German air space will be closed, call
Lufthansa, you could well be delayed till back up of flights is gotten down till
tomorrow. Here's what Lufthansa has to say.
Update:- 3 August. Judge deemed German air traffic controllers strike
illegal. Strike is cancelled.
3 August Judge to decide today if strike will be legal. Last time Lufthansa
went on strike hired cars across Europe became hard to come by.
2 August German air traffic controllers may strike this Thursday 4 August
2011 for six hours 0400 GMT until 1000 GMT. Will effect all airlines and
know doubt take a day to get back to normal. Call your airline.
Check with us you never know perhaps it will be cancelled.
Old stuff
21 Feb. 2011 Nationwide train strike Monday, leave early for airport,
perhaps the day before
3 Jan, 2011 Looking for a job? Things looking up for Lufthansa. Creation of
4,000 new jobs, under new boss Christoph Franz, includes, 900 new ground
staff, 270 student pilots, 300 apprentices. Larger aircraft, bigger seats. Keep
an eye on subsidiary Austrian airlines, they threaten strike in January, 2011.
22, Sept. 2010 Lufthansa has a new CEO Christoph Franz goes on a $4.7
billion buying spree. businessweek.com
Lufthansa Airline passengers and subsidiaries will be flying in some brand
new aircraft 20 A320 family jets, and 3 A330-300s. Swiss International Air
Lines will get an A320 and five 330-300s and Germanwings 8 new A319s.
16, August, 2010 Air Berlin threaten strike this week.
9, July, 2010 Lufthansa Airlines, 50,000 employees have agreed to a 22
month pay freeze, so your good to go.
12, April, 2010 German air traffic controllers will meet today. Couple of
things you should know. German ATC's only have to give 24 hours notice
and by law 25% of air traffic must fly. New page folks. German air traffic
controllers strike, move along with us
8. April, 2010 I almost feel bad in telling you this, but German air traffic
controllers are threatening strike. We will watch it like a hawk.
7, April, 2010 News came out today that the union has canceled the up and
coming strike and will concentrate on talks with the mediator. Good news all
around. You can slip by unhindered.
Update:-Tuesday, 6, April, 2010 No talks between union and airline are
scheduled.
Update:- Monday, 5, April, 2010, Lufthansa pilots strike is still on, so far no
deal made with unions.
1. April,2010 Union representing Deutsche Lufthansa AG pilots is prepared to
take a dispute with Germany's biggest airline to arbitration, a move that
could avert a four-day strike planned for mid-April. Strike has not been
cancelled.
3/31/2010 Lufthansa management looking to bargain with pilots and
threaten to seek damages from union if four day strike goes ahead.
3/22 Lufthansa pilots union announced 4 day strike from from Tuesday, April
13 through Friday, 16. Better call them to reschedule, ASAP.
3/19/10 Eurowings pilots have unanimously voted to strike.
Cologne/Bonn airport departures
Frankfort airport departures
Munich airport departures
GermanWings schedule
Cityline departures
Update:- Monday, 8 March. Negotiations still on going. Union say's talks are
"extremely difficult." No new walk out's due this week.
Update:-Lufthansa Airline Strike
Codeshares with Jetblue.
(Lufthansa rejects name Stalingrad for new jet. Dailymail.co.uk)
6 March, 2010 Update:-Good news of sorts. German pilots union say they
will not strike whilst talks continue after March, 9. "Negotiations remain
constructive, there is no reason to strike." See you will sneak by, another
satisfied customer.
5 March, 10, Update:-Lufthansa airline pilots union is deep in conversation
with management and don't see reason to strike on March, 9 while
negotiations are on going so well. Relax you will be able to fly,
congratulations you've snuck by!! Even so, don't go all rosie on me and
book with them again any time soon..
4, March, 10 Update on Air Berlin, strikes off, agreed to more talks.
3/3/10 Air Berlin threaten a three hour strike. "Will be in the coming days"?
Perhaps you can squeeze by.
Last strike threat..
2/24/10 Lufthansa flights just getting back to normal.
Update:- Monday, 22 Feb. 2010 Lufthansa pilots
have agreed to suspend the walkout until March 9
4,000 pilots will return to work. German court ruled against the union. Sorry
to break it to you after you've fought for a train ticket, borrowed or rented a
car, paid extra for competing air ticket and tipped the hotel clerk.. Hurry, rebook your flight while your can.
German airline Lufthansa is asking a court to halt a strike by more than
4,000 of its pilots. Decision within the next 24 hours. Long-haul flights to the
U.S., New York and Denver, were canceled. Some South America and Asia
flights on schedule. Passengers arriving at Munich airport are being
reimbursed. Twitter reports Frankfort airport is "orderly". Copenhagen,
"Chaos on Kastrup airport", Keep checking back.
Passengers scramble for car rentals, hotel rooms and other airlines up their
prices.
Customers can continue to obtain information about their bookings, as well
as about the rebooking options and cancellations, at 800-645-3880 in the
U.S. and 800-563-5954 in Canada.
According to the special flight schedule, the following flights to/from North
America are scheduled to take place during the period from February 22-25:
February 22
LH 412 Munich - Newark
LH 413 Newark - Munich
LH
LH
LH
LH
LH
LH
LH
LH
LH
LH
430
431
434
435
438
439
492
493
498
499
Frankfurt - Chicago
Chicago - Frankfurt
Munich - Chicago
Chicago - Munich
Frankfurt - Dallas Ft Worth
Dallas Ft Worth - Frankfurt
Frankfurt - Vancouver
Vancouver - Frankfurt
Frankfurt - Mexico City
Mexico City - Frankfurt
February 23
LH 412 Munich - Newark
LH 413 Newark - Munich
LH 492 Frankfurt - Vancouver
LH 493 Vancouver - Frankfurt
February 24
LH 412 Munich - Newark
LH 413 Newark - Munich
LH 434 Munich - Chicago
LH 435 Chicago - Munich
LH 442 Frankfurt - Detroit
LH 443 Detroit - Frankfurt
LH 492 Frankfurt - Vancouver
LH 493 Vancouver - Frankfurt
LH 498 Frankfurt - Mexico City
LH 499 Mexico - City Frankfurt
February 25
LH 412 Munich - Newark
LH 413 Newark - Munich
LH 434 Munich - Chicago
LH 435 Chicago - Munich
LH 490 Frankfurt - Seattle
LH 491 Seattle - Frankfurt
LH 492 Frankfurt - Vancouver
LH 493 Vancouver - Frankfurt
Update:- Sunday, 21 Feb.Airline offers pilots a deal, pilots have not received
any deals? I don't get it either..
Long hauls to UAE and Nigeria hope you've called. Airline cancelled its Lagos
to Frankfurt flights of Monday and Thursday.
Lufthansa has said it will cancel 1,200 flights of the 1,800 daily services
Update:-Lufthansa Airline Strike is on, four days, starting this Monday night
at midnight, 22, Feb, 2010. Best call them. Check you don't codeshare with
Lufthansa Airlines.
Update:-20, Feb. 2010. Union offering to talk to management before strike.
So far no meeting is planned. Lufthansa Cityline will operate their flights
according to schedule.
Feb. 18, 2010 Lufthansa Airlines management now questioning legality of
strike. Estimated loss for airline to be EUR 25 million a day. Are you flying
on Austrian Airlines? Austrian Airlines has set up a hotline for customers
wishing to obtain information about their booking (rebookings/cancellation):
+43 51766-1000. Germanwings information on re-booking tickets can be
obtained from Germanwings' information centre in Sofia by calling 02/491
7413.
Update:-Confirmed, Lufthansa pilots will strike, will effect Germanwings and
Cargo AG. Four-day strike starting on Monday, midnight 22, Feb. 2010.
Ending midnight Thursday 25 Feb. Call 800 850-6070, Lufthansa will publish
tomorrow (Friday) a special flight schedule during the strike period.
Experienced Lufthansa flight captains earn between $150,000 to $340,000
per year.
See what Lufthansa Airlines has to say. We will keep you informed.
Lufthansa codeshares with
Feb 17, 2010 Results due in today, Lufthansa gearing up for strike, drawing
up an emergency plan involving putting customers from several flights onto
larger aircraft, booking passengers onto other airlines and providing train
tickets.
16, January, 2010 Lufthansa, Lufthansa cargo and Germanwings pilots will
make the decision whether or not to strike Wednesday, February, 17. Pilots
concerned jobs will be shifted to subsidiaries such as Brussels Airlines or
Austrian Airlines, where pilots are paid significantly less. Union will need 70
percent of the vote for industrial action.
9/09 JetBlue Airways and Lufthansa have signed a codeshare agreement
7/24/09 Vereinigung Cockpit union, is asking for a 6.4% pay increase for its
4,500 pilots over the next year or a 9.6% rise over the next 18 months, plus
bonuses
3/29/09 A Profit posted at €599 million; last year's figure had been €1.66
billion!
10 March, 2009 Tuesday Lufthansa agreed to pay cabin crews a wage
increase of 4.2 percent, deal will avoid strikes. Deal is retroactive beginning
Jan 1, it also provides for a one time payment based on 2008 profits an the
employee;s salary level.
10 March, 2009 Departures for today seem to be on time.
9 March, 09 The UFO union, which represents some 16,000 cabin
attendants, said it planned to hold strikes for several hours at short notice,
but not for long periods.
Nice, so comforting to passengers. Much harder to monitor. I imagine it
depends which way the wind blows, did they wake up on the right side of the
bed, who knows?
9 March, 2009 Cabin crew balloting ends today. Still in negotiations, have
voted over whelmingly to strike. Will keep you informed.
20 February, 2009 Lufhansa employees start balloting Monday. Will finish
March 9, 09. 75 percent of union members have to vote for union action. In
the mean time warning strikes will continue.
17 February, 2009 Cancellations and delays maybe in the future for
Lufthansa again. Deutsche Lufthansa, Union UFO have not made Lufthansa
cabin crew happy, wage talks failed today. Perhaps they will ballot for
industrial action. Lufthansa is offering, profit sharing, increase of 10 percent
and better working conditions. Fourth quarter had yielded stronger results
than expected, aided by lower airline fuel.
February, 09 Closes sales offices in India, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and
Hyderabad. Thomas Cook Group plans to buy Lufthansa's 24.9% stake in
Condor airlines for 77 millon euros ($100.4 million) in cash. Thomas Cook is
controlled by German retailer Arcandor which is in the businesses of mail
order and Internet shopping, department stores, and tourism services.
Established 1999
1/27/09 tomorrow, 28 January, 2009 Wednesday flight attendants on strike
6am-noon.
1/26/09 Lufthansa cabin crew may go on strike again today or in coming
days. A three hour flight last Friday involved cutting half it's 90 flights.
1/23/09 Lufthansa, flight attendants wildcat strike today for three hours,
caused 14 cancellations and numerous delays. Talks broke down last Friday.
1/22/09 Lufthansa has new lounge at JFK. Behind security check points in
Terminal One, First class top floor, second floor, bistro and showers and bath
tubs!
1/21/09 Pilot strike today by affiliate airline Con-tact Air,
10/2/08 Air Canada pilots together with the Continental and United pilots,
Sign Protocol Agreement in Response to Airlines Joint Venture
.marketwatch.com
8/22/08 German pilots' union Cockpit has threatened Deutsche Lufthansa AG
with more strikes should the airline not meet the union's demands for better
wages, forbes.com
8/15/08 ``Some airlines are struggling to survive,'' Ehrhardt said. ``That's
not something Lufthansa is facing.'' bloomberg.com
8/8/08 Friday's cancelations followed the scrapping of some 360 flights on
Thursday. CityLine operates on domestic German and European
routes.businessweek.com
8/7/08 The German pilot union Cockpit called Thursday, Aug. 7, for more
than 700 pilots employed by Lufthansa subsidiary Cityline to observe a 36hour strike in support of increased pay..dw-world.de
8/4/08 Lufthansa, As vice president of the airline's supervisory board,
Bsirske is entitled to free tickets. As a result, he left on vacation with his
wife for the US city, from where he continued on to a South Pacific island
destination.Bsirske had demonstrated "a basic political lack of judgement."
afp.google.com
8/3/08 Lufthansa pilots will have a three hour strike this week to demand
their own work council. Expects to cancel around 130 flights on Monday and
will not resume its full flight schedule for two weeks after a strike last week,
a spokesman said.Checks to aircraft had backed up during the strike over
pay,which trade union Verdi ended on Saturday after reaching a wage deal
with the airline on Friday.
From Tuesday, some 40 flights a day would be cancelled, of which around 35
would be European flights, Lufthansa said.
Lufthansa usually runs about 2,000 flights per day. (Writing by Paul Carrel;
editing by Sue Thomas) reuters.
8/1/08 Lufthansa reaches agreement with strike ground
staff.telegraph.co.uk/
8/1/08 Lufthansa strike begins to take toll . Deutsche Lufthansa said it
cancelled round trips to New York, Dallas, Chicago, Calgary, Calcutta and
Dubai. The rest of the 82 flights cancelled were for destinations in Germany
and Europe. nzherald.co.nz
7/31/08 Lufthansa Strike Displays German Thoroughness, Expert Says dwworld.de
7/30/08 Lufthansa cuts 10 percent of Europe flights due to strike.
uk.reuters.com
7/30/08 Lufthansa strike has no effect on UK services. travelweekly.co.uk
7/30/08 Strike-hit Lufthansa cancels long-haul flights. iht.com
7/29/08 Strike-hit Lufthansa posts weaker first half profit of 402 mln euros.
afp.google.com
7/29/08 Lufthansa Cuts 70 Flights, Grounds 9 Planes in Strike
bloomberg.com
7/28/08 Lufthansa.Workers at Germany's biggest airline, Lufthansa, on
Monday began an indefinite strike at the height of the holiday season to
press for higher pay, in the latest walkout to hit Europe's biggest economy.
afpgoogle
Frankfurt and Hamburg airports will be the hardest hit on Monday when
52,000 employees of Lufthansa AG go on strike, a union official said
7/27/08 Lufthansa. Ground personnel and flight crews would stop working
on Sunday at midnight (2200 GMT), the union said last week after workers it
represented approved the action by an overwhelming majority of 90.7
percent.
German Lufthansa votes for 1st strike in 13 years. uk.reuters.com/
7/25/08 Lufthansa, the leading German airline, faces a major strike next
week after members of the German trade union Verdi voted on Friday for a
strike to press demands for higher wages.afp.google.com
7/24/08 Easyjet benefiting from Lufthansa problems.
7/23/08 Strike at Lufthansa units cause widespread cancellations. The Local
7/22/08 Germany,12:00 p.m. today until midnight tomorrow, pilots at
Eurowings and CityLine will be on strike. The strikes will affect all German
cities where the two carriers operate, which include Frankfurt, Munich and
Hamburg.
Warning, strikes ground nearly 1,000 Lufthansa flights afp.google.com
07/16/2008 PRICED OUT BY OIL
Cheap Airlines Are Losing Altitude
By Dinah Deckstein, Spiegelonlineinternationa
15 July 08 Lufthansa AG.'s grounds crew and cabin crew workers today
started balloting on possible industrial action that may cripple flight
operations during the busy summer travel season.
11 July 08, German union to stage ballot on Lufthansa strike, walkouts
possible this month
10/7/08 Lufthansa, spokesman said at midday that the talks had collapsed.
monstersandcritics.com/news
9 July 08, Lufthansa demand compensation for heathrow debacle.
thisislondon.co.uk
7/7/08 Lufthansa pilots to strike on Monday over pay UK Reuters.com
Lufthansa subsidiary this week called a 24hr bitter strike and inconvienced
several thousand people.
3 July 08 Lufthansa Workers Down Tools.
July 1 (Reuters) - Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa cut 40 flights on Tuesday
and did not rule out further cancellations as workers carried out warning
strikes to pressure the airline in a dispute over pay.
6/27/08 Workers at Deutsche Lufthansa AG.'s ground crew in Munich
continued warnings strikes this afternoon, with 70 aircraft mechanics and
technicians halting work for two hours, works council head Manfred Hackl
said.
But a spokeswoman for Munich airport said there were no delays due to the
strike.
6/26/08 Lufthansa says will meet profit target despite fuel costs afp.google
6/23/08 FRANKFURT, Germany (AP): German airline Lufthansa AG ground
crews staged a surprise four-hour strike early Monday in Duesseldorf,
causing delays or cancellations of about 40 flights, the union ver.di said.
According to the union, about 1,500 passengers were affected.
thestar.com.my
4 June, 08 Lufthansa Flight Training Purchases Five Flight Training Devices
from Mechtronix
5/23/08 Beginning October 26th, Lufthansa Airlines will launch its popular
all-business class service six times per week between Boston and Munich.
The route will be served with an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet in a 48-seat, allbusiness class configuration. The new flight is a premium extension of
Lufthansa's existing widebody summer service between Boston and Munich,
which daily offers 221 seats in a three-class configuration. It also
complements the existing daily service between Boston and Frankfurt and
the daily SWISS flight between Boston and Zurich.
5/21/08 Lufthansa Airline says 62 flights at its Cityline, Eurowing units
canceled amid pilot strike
March 4 Lufthansa Airline urges strike-hit passengers to take train per
reuters
29 January 2008 Lufthansa Airline , Pilots Reach Pay Agreement to Avoid
Strike per Bloomberg.com
May 07, German Airline, Lufthansa, economy class may get beds!
news.com.au
13 Dec Lufthansa Airlines buys stake in Jet Blue, 19%, $300 million
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