Lufthansa cancels 876 flights due to strike of pilots – Diário de Notícias – Lisbon

Pilots threaten to extend the strike up

The German airline Lufthansa has cancelled a total of 876 of the approximately three thousand flights planned for today due to a strike of pilots that threatens to extend to Thursday.

of The approximately three thousand links operated by the German group have been cancelled 876, including 51 international flights, with the strike to affect approximately one hundred thousand passengers, as warned, on Tuesday, the group.

On the night of Tuesday, the trade union of pilots called for the strike to be prolonged to the day of Thursday.

“The Lufthansa notes with total incomprehension to the announcement of the trade union of pilots Cockpit of the prolongation of the strike by the Thursday before you even get started Wednesday,” said the airline.

and for Portugal was provided for the cancellation of seven of the 12 scheduled flights — two flights between Lisbon and Frankfurt and two flights between Lisbon and Munich, in addition to the flight from Munich and the two flights to Frankfurt, Port –, the second said to the Lusa source of the official German airline on Tuesday.

This is the 14.Th strike of pilots of Lufthansa since April 2014.

The strike of the airline pilots was called by the union Cockpit after having failed negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement.

The union has decided to make new stalls after not having reached an agreement on wages 5,400 commanders and copilotos Lufthansa, requiring an average rise of 3,66% per year, with retroactive effect.

The number of flights that must be canceled on Thursday has not yet been released.

The strike of the pilots does not affect the subsidiaries of the group, Eurowings, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Air Dolomiti and Brussels Airlines.

On Tuesday, Eurowings, the low-cost airline of the group, had cancelled 60 flights due to another strike by its cabin staff, convened by the trade union in the sector of services Verdi, which asks for a salary increase to 460 employees and supplements according to the function.