Lufthansa cancels 800 flights on strike day, including to Schiphol

The roughly 5,000 pilots need extra pay than Lufthansa is prepared to supply. The Vereinigung Cockpit union is demanding a wage improve of 5.5 % this 12 months and an automated inflation correction from subsequent 12 months.

Lufthansa says it has “completely no understanding” for the strike. Based on the airline, giving in to the calls for of the pilots would trigger the corporate to spend 40 % extra in wages. Lufthansa signifies that it needs to proceed negotiations and believes it has made a balanced proposal.

Earlier this 12 months, Lufthansa’s floor workers additionally went on strike, when the group needed to cancel greater than a thousand flights.