by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 10, 2015 | Dusseldorf, Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa, Munich, Strike |
In their latest antic, the union representing LH’s flight crews has called for a complete shut down of all flights for 68 hours between November 11 and November 13 (Wednesday thru Friday).
As a result of this lunacy, LH is seeking injunctive relief from German Courts and is asking that this potential walk out be ruled illegal.
This latest strike threat would basically shut down all of Lufthansa’s operations in Munich, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt.
My gut tells me that the courts will side with Lufthansa and ban the union from this extreme action. It is unfortunate that German laws give far more power to the union than they do to the corporations that employ their membership. The playing field is far from level.
I’ll provide updates once there is any clarity to the strike actions planned for during the next 3 days.
You can also keep track on Lufthansa’s dedicated strike update page.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 9, 2015 | Dusseldorf, Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa, Munich, Strike |
The cabin crew union has announced their plans for work stoppages tomorrow, November 10, and they are clearly targeting long haul flights in Frankfurt and Munich as well as everything in Dusseldorf.
Specifically, ALL long haul flights scheduled to operate between 04:30a and 11:00p in Frankfurt, and between 05:00 and 23:59 in Munich are subject to cancellation.
In addition, ALL LH flights to and from Dusseldorf between 04:30a and 11:00p are subject to cancellations.
Typically LH is able to get at least a few flights operated thanks to managers and other qualified staff who volunteer to help work on the flights.
LH has yet to publish a detailed timetable for tomorrow but you can find the latest updates on their Strike Update webpage.
H/T: FlyerTalk’s ‘NewbieRunner’
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 8, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
UPDATED TO REFLECT A RECENT LUFTHANSA UPDATE:
The cabin crew union has announced the next phase of it week-long walk out against Lufthansa. The latest update suggests widespread paralysis throughout Lufthansa timetable on Monday, November 9.
The union has announced that its members will walk off the job in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf between 4:30a and 11:00p local ‘Frankfurt’ time, grounding domestic, European and long haul travel scheduled for that time frame. Lufthansa’s operations in Munich will also be subject to the walk-out between 3:30a and 12:00a.
Lufthansa now claims that nearly 70 percent of their flights will be able to operated, and expects to cancel about 1000 of them tomorrow. Initially, it was thought that cancellations would be far more reaching.
If your travels will be impacted by this strike action, please visit this Lufthansa website that provides details on how to adjust your travel plans.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 6, 2015 | Dusseldorf, Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa, Strike |
By now most of you have heard the news regarding the week-long strike that has begun at Lufthansa by their cabin crews. The strike started Friday, impacting travel primarily to and from Dusseldorf and Frankfurt.
Further details are available regarding the next few days:
A strike has been called for Saturday between 6:00a and 11:00p for all flights operating to and from Dusseldorf. In addition, it appears that most of Lufthansa’s medium haul fleet in Frankfurt will be subject to the strike at the same time on Saturday. This would include flights operated by Boeing 737s, and Airbus A319, A320, and A321 aircraft. This threatens most of LH’s domestic and intra-European services from FRA and DUS.
It appears as though long haul travel is safe for at least tomorrow in Frankfurt.
Also, the union stated that there would be no strike actions in Munich at least through Sunday since this weekend is busy with the return of travelers from Holidays in Bavaria.
Lufthansa has been publishing regular updates on their website, which has included strike updates as well as flight status and cancellation information. All of this can be found by visiting this webpage.
I suspect more updates will be made available over the weekend concerning flights for next week. I would expect that Munich may be especially hard hit after the Holiday Weekend.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 5, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
Lufthansa and the union representing their cabin crews failed to reach any semblance of a consensus during an 11th hour meeting in an attempt to head off strikes.
As a result, the union has announced that it will immediately begin planning their schedule of strikes for the coming week (between November 6 and 13). They indicated that no strikes would take place before 06:00 local Frankfurt time tomorrow. At the same time however, they suggested that strikes would begin tomorrow and there would be work stoppages.
If your travels include LH over the next week, you should probably call the airline or your travel agent so that you can be reaccommodated. In the past, LH has made it fairly easy to be rebooked onto another LH Group or Star Alliance member flight.
I’m curious how long it will take for the German public to wake up and see just how destructive this kind of behavior has been to both the airline and the country. Its one thing for a union to protect an employee and represent their best interests, it’s a wholly other thing to take a company and the public as hostages while they try to extort unreasonable solutions.
Is my opinion obvious?
