by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 22, 2016 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
Lufthansa has published a special timetable to take into account the strike that will impact operations tomorrow. As I mentioned yesterday, the strike will be far reaching and will impact a substantial part of LH’s schedule tomorrow.
Based on the latest news, LH has cancelled 876 of their 3200 regularly scheduled flights, so the impact is not as bad as I had feared, nor is it as bad as past strikes where nearly every flight would be canceled for the day. The strike only impacts mainline operations.
Lufthansa has published a special web-page that allows you to check on the status of your flights.
If you need to change your flight, you have a few options: Check your reservation on LH.com to see if you were already taken care of by Lufthansa, call your local LH reservation office (but expect a long hold time), or contact your travel agent if you used one to book your ticket.
Also, you can keep tabs on the latest developments via Lufthansa’s dedicated Twitter account for LH news: @LufthansaNews. They do an excellent job with providing the most up to date info as it becomes available.
Though the number seems high, LH has always done a good job with re-accommodating passengers to other flight with other carriers, even non-Lufthansa Group airlines. So even with nearly 1,000 flights canceled for tomorrow there is a good chance that the majority of impacted passengers will still be able to reach their destination.
It was a s**t move by the union to call the strike on the day before Thanksgiving, which is the busiest travel day of the year for the USA. But it is what it is when you’re dealing with a bunch of uber cry-babies that represent Lufthansa’s pilots and influence them so badly. It’s asinine stunts like this that make it difficult for Lufthansa to settle the dispute. Cancelling nearly 1,000 flights on a very busy travel day is no way to extend any sense of goodwill when LH is trying to work towards a solution. Where I come from we call it bush league bulls–t.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 21, 2016 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike, Vereinigung Cockpit |
The union representing Lufthansa’s pilots has just announced a strike that can potentially affect all Lufthansa flights on November 23, 2016. Impacting one of the busiest travel days for US travelers.
The strike is set to start Wednesday, at 12:01a and last until midnight.
Right now it appears that ALL long haul and short haul flights operated by Lufthansa out of Germany will be impacted, but no specifics have been announced.
LH will publish an amended timetable on Tuesday, November 22 by noon local Frankfurt time (CET).
If you are traveling on the 23rd, you should call your local Lufthansa reservation office or travel agent for flight options.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 20, 2016 | Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa, Munich, Route Announcements |
Lufthansa has announced a handful of new destinations for their Summer 2017 timetable. In all 6 new cities will be added beginning on March 27 and the new flights are open for reservations.
Flight info as follows:
Frankfurt – Bordeaux effective April 2 will begin 2x/week service (Thursday/Sunday). Flights will be operated by A319 aircraft.
Frankfurt – Heringsdorf effective April 15 will begin 1x/week service (Saturday). Flights will be operated by CRJ aircraft.
Frankfurt – Santiago de Compostela effective March 27 will begin 3x/week service (Monday/Thursday/Friday). Flights will be operated by A319 aircraft.
Frankfurt – Shannon effective April 29 will begin 1x/week service (Saturday). The route will be flow by A319 aircraft.
Munich – Nantes effective March 28 will begin 4x/week service (Tuesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday). The Friday flight will be operated by an A320, all other flights will be flown by A319 aircraft.
Munich – Santiago de Compostela effective April 9 will begin 1x/week service (Sunday). The route will be flown by A320 aircraft.
In addition to these route commencements, Lufthansa has also announced that it will suspend service between Frankfurt and Tokyo Narita between January 9 and March 25. It reappears on their booking engine for flights on March 26, 2017 and beyond.
