Overview

• The cabin-crew union Ufo declared negotiations for a groupwide contract covering Lufthansa, Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa City Airlines and Discover Airlines to be failed.
• Ufo said it will shift to airline-by-airline bargaining, pursuing separate agreements after abandoning a consolidated deal.
• Union leader Joachim Vázquez Bürger accused Lufthansa of refusing substantive dialogue since March 2024 and of entrenching poorer terms at newer group carriers.
• Pilots represented by Vereinigung Cockpit are holding a ballot until September 30 on authorizing strikes at Lufthansa’s mainline and Lufthansa Cargo.
• The pilot dispute centers on funded occupational pensions and transition benefits for roughly 4,800 pilots, with the union seeking significantly higher employer contributions.