Lufthansa and its passengers cannot relax. The strike of the next professional group started on Tuesday morning. Cabin crew at Frankfurt Airport are on strike until 11 p.m. 600 flights are cancelled, 70,000 passengers are affected.
The UFO union has called on Lufthansa cabin crew at Munich airport to go on strike on Wednesday from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m.
According to Lufthansa estimates, 400 flights with 50,000 passengers will not be able to take off there.
96 percent were in favor of a strike
Over the weekend, UFO called on a total of approximately 19,000 flight attendants from Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cityline to go on strike. Flight attendants from the core company and its regional subsidiary had previously voted in favor of the strike in separate votes by more than 96 percent each.
15 percent more salary required
The union is essentially demanding 15 percent more money for the approximately 18,000 cabin crew at Lufthansa and the nearly 1,000 employees at Cityline with an 18-month contract term. UFO also wants to realize an inflation compensation bonus of 3,000 euros and higher allowances.
Source: Krone
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