Overview
- Cabin crew walked out Wednesday and canceled at least 580 flights in Frankfurt and about 380 in Munich, with the strike set to run through Thursday.
- The pilots’ union scheduled new stoppages for Thursday and Friday across Lufthansa, Cargo and CityLine, with Eurowings hit Thursday and flights to the Near East exempted for security reasons.
- A mediation push between Vereinigung Cockpit and Lufthansa collapsed Wednesday after the sides could not agree on what to include in the talks.
- Pilots are seeking higher company pensions, while cabin crew want a new working-conditions contract and protections for Lufthansa CityLine staff.
- Airport and industry groups, along with Lufthansa’s supervisory chair, urged lawmakers to tighten strike rules because repeated walkouts are stranding travelers and hurting the wider economy.