Overview
- UFO, the flight attendants’ union, set a strike for Friday, April 10 from 00:01 to 22:00 that covers all Lufthansa departures from Frankfurt and Munich and all CityLine departures at nine German airports.
- Airports are already flagging disruption, with Berlin’s BER listing roughly 40 canceled takeoffs and landings and Hamburg reporting dozens scrapped services tied to Frankfurt and Munich routes.
- Lufthansa calls the timing "irresponsible" during Easter return travel and says a special schedule, larger jets, and help from group carriers like Eurowings, Austrian, Swiss, Brussels and others will keep some flights running.
- The airline urges travelers to check status online and offers free rebooking or refunds, while EU air passenger rules also require meals, hotels when needed, and compensation in many crew-strike cases.
- UFO says members backed action by wide margins in late‑March ballots and demands clearer scheduling, longer notice periods, and a social plan for about 800 CityLine staff as the regional carrier faces a planned wind‑down.