No less than 800 flights have been cancelled Friday by LufthansaThe airline's operations have been paralysed by a strike organised by the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots' union. In other words, almost all of the company's operations to and from its airports have been suspended. hubs from Frankfurt and Munich is at a standstill. All in all, 130,000 passengers are expected to be affected, with the impact of the strike likely to continue over the weekend. Note that the company Eurowingsa subsidiary of Lufthansa, is not affected.
" We cannot understand VC's call for strike action "laments Michael Niggemann, Head of Human Resources at Lufthansa. Management has made a very good and socially balanced offer - despite the continuing burdens of the Covid crisis and the uncertain outlook for the global economy. This escalation comes at the expense of several thousand customers ".
