The Pilot’s Union must have completely lost the plot……
A 3rd strike has now been called by the Union. Pilots will walk off the job on Friday March 20 for 24 hours. The target this time is Lufthansa mainline’s short and medium haul flights. This is similar to Wednesday’s strike except it excludes Germanwings.
Stay tuned as LH will publish a list of flights that will be affected on Friday. This list should be available sometime tomorrow afternoon.
Athens-Tehran launch has been delayed from July 19 to October 1 (3x/week service).
Beijing-Minsk-Budapest effective May 1 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Delhi – Milan – Rome effective between March 23 and April 28 is reduced from 3x/week to 2x/week.
Delhi – Moscow (DME) effective between February 27 and April 17 is reduced from 4x/week to 2x/week.
Delhi – Rome – Milan effective between March 23 and April 28 is reduced from 4x/week to 2x/week.
Kochi – Jeddah effective May 1 will transition to a non-stop route (eliminating Kozhikode layover).
Seoul – Chengdu effective June 7 will increase from 7x/week to 8x/week.
Bogota – Los Angeles effective July 1 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Taipei – Macau effective May 8 is reduced from 4x/day to 3x/day.
Taipei – Hanoi effective October 29 will increase from 5x/week to 6x/week.
Taipei – Toronto effective December 13 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.
Taipei – Vancouver effective December 12 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.
Singapore – Taipei effective between May 30 and June 21 will be increase from 14x/week to 17x/week.
Geneva – Biarritz effective June 25 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Geneva – Dublin effective June 26 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Geneva – Algiers effective June 27 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Istanbul – Adler / Sochi effective June 23 will increase from 7x/week to 10x/week.
Istanbul – Karlshruhe effective June 30 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
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Lufthansa announced today that approximately half of their scheduled Long-Haul flights will operate as planned tomorrow during the strike. In other words, 43 of 85 flights will not be canceled. The union’s initial claim was that it would impact ALL Long Haul flights. Cargo has indicated that none of their flights will be impacted.
An update has been made available that covers the specific flights that have been cancelled tomorrow. You can find that info HERE. To find out what options are available as far as rebooking and refunds are concerned, please go HERE.
Lufthansa expects to be back to normal by Friday.
I’m glad that these strikes happened this week and not next week 😉 .
