by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
Lufthansa has announced that even though strikes have been called for Short Haul on Tuesday, and for Short Haul and Long Haul flights on Wednesday, they will be able to conduct the majority of their timetable for both days.
For Tuesday, LH expects to operate 2184 of their 3000 scheduled flights. All Long Haul flights will operate as scheduled.
For Wednesday, LH expects to operate 2110 of their 3000 scheduled flights. It appears that the bulk of their Long Haul flights will be impacted.
Please follow this link to look up the status of your flight. If you are affect, please contact the airline, frequent flyer program, or travel agent that issued your ticket so that you can be re-accommodated. Follow @LufthansaNews on Twitter for the latest developments regarding the strike.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 27, 2016 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike, Vereinigung Cockpit |
Lufthansa has announced that pilots will once again walk off the job for a substantial period next week.
On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 all short haul flights are subject to the strike from 12:01a until 11:59p.
Then on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, the union has called for strikes to ground ALL flights, both short and long haul flights scheduled to depart from Germany. The strike on Wednesday will last from 12:01a until 11:59p.
Lufthansa will be publishing a special timetable for Tuesday and Wednesday. Expect it to be available by 2:00pm on Monday (Frankfurt Time). You can check on your flight status by clicking this link.
Keep in mind that Lufthansa DID NOT have to cancel all the flights that were targeted by the insane union leadership during the previous strikes. In fact, LH was able to operate a significant amount of flights during each strike day.
If your flights are affected, you must call the airline or travel agency that issued your ticket. If your ticket is not issued by Lufthansa, do not call them directly, they will be unable to help and you’ll spend a lot of time on hold for no reason. If you redeemed miles for your LH flight, call the frequent flyer program that issued your ticket.
If your ticket is issued by LH, you can go online to LH.com to review your options, or call your local LH customer service center.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 25, 2016 | Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Aside from all of this strike talk, Lufthansa did take time to announce that they have made a change that impacts their service to Cape Town, South Africa.
Until now, Lufthansa flew between Frankfurt and Cape Town only during the winter season in the northern hemispehere, which is the same time that South Africa enjoys its summer. Beginning with their Spring/Summer timetable, the route will be flown year-around. The 3 weekly flights will continue to be the same:
Lufthansa flight LH576 will depart Frankfurt at 10:15p on Wednesday/Friday/Sunday. The flight arrives in Cape Town at 10:00a the following morning.
Lufthansa flight LH577 will depart Cape Town at 5:40p on Monday/Thursday/Saturday. The flight arrives in Frankfurt at 5:40a the following morning.
Lufthansa will continue to use the Airbus A340-300 on the route.
Daily service between Frankfurt and Johannesburg remains unchanged.
