US EditionLufthansa Pilots Call Two-Day Strike Over Pay and Pensions
The union says at least 10,000 pilots are represented as Lufthansa faces another walkout after talks stalled over salary and retirement terms.
- Pilots from Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, and Eurowings started a 48-hour strike on Monday over pay and pension disputes, with Eurowings pilots striking only on Monday and Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo pilots striking for two days.
- Most Lufthansa flights within Europe from Frankfurt Airport were canceled on Monday, with some domestic flights replaced by rail services.
- Lufthansa criticized the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit for demanding to double an already above-average company pension plan, calling the demand unfulfillable.
- The Vereinigung Cockpit union stated the strike was forced by Lufthansa's lack of willingness to resolve wage disputes despite the union refraining from strikes during the Easter holidays.
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Hundreds of cancelled flights.
Lufthansa pilots strike for 2 days, flights severely hit
Pilots with Germany's flagship carrier Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and subsidiary Eurowings began a 48-hour strike on Monday morning. Hundreds of flights are set to be canceled, with the major hubs of Frankfurt and Munich hit hardest, in the fourth strike of 2026 to hit the airline. Lufthansa is struggling to negotiate terms both with the pilots' trade union Vereinigung Cockpit and the UFO cabin crew union that called on members to strike just la…
There is a strike again at Lufthansa. The union Vereinigung Cockpit has called on its members to strike for a two-day period.
Tuesday's flights were also canceled due to the pilots' two-day work stoppage, and the strike will last until midnight Tuesday.
In Germany, there is a strike again: this time the pilots stay on the ground – and of course also the aircraft. For Salzburg, this means that Monday and Tuesday all connections to the important hub in Frankfurt are completely cancelled. A total of seven flights are affected. Those who want to travel from Salzburg via Frankfurt to the wide world cannot do so at least with Lufthansa on Monday and Tuesday. The flights were cancelled at 10.40 a.m., …
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