Renewed strikes by Lufthansa flight attendants are anticipated to result in the cancellation of a complete of 1,000 flights on Tuesday and Wednesday at Germany’s Frankfurt and Munich airports, the nationwide provider stated on Monday.
Amid the commercial motion over wage negotiations set to start on Tuesday morning, 600 flights are anticipated to be cancelled in Frankfurt, Germany’s busiest airport, whereas on Wednesday 400 connections are set to be scrapped in Munich, one other essential journey hub.
Some 120,000 passengers will likely be affected, a Lufthansa spokesman stated.
The Ufo union, which represents cabin crew on the provider, had referred to as on some 19,000 flight attendants at Lufthansa and subsidiary Lufthansa CityLine to strike at Frankfurt on Tuesday and Munich on Wednesday, with the motion to final from 4 am to 11 pm (0300-2200 GMT).
Ufo is demanding 15% extra pay for the roughly 18,000 cabin crew at Lufthansa and the virtually 1,000 CityLine workers, with a contract time period of 18 months. The union additionally desires a one-time inflation adjustment cost of €3,000 ($3,200) and better bonuses.
The newest strikes come as practice drivers at nationwide rail operator Deutsche Bahn are additionally set to strike on Tuesday.
Source: www.anews.com.tr