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Date: 30.09.2014 08:02 clock
Last 8 clock Lufthansa pilots strike at the Frankfurt hub. The union Vereinigung Cockpit had called for the walkout. Lufthansa plans to offer still more than half of the planned 57 intercontinental flights. Were finally canceled 25 launches from Germany’s largest airport in overseas destinations. Affected passengers can rebook your flight or cancel free of charge.
32 compounds should however take place as scheduled or postponed. At the wheel either Lufthansa manager sitting with pilot license or volunteers. Six flights were pulled out of the strike period forward or postponed to Wednesday.
“We are very confident that the special flight schedule will take place as planned,” said a Lufthansa spokesman. So far the situation on Germany’s biggest airport was very quiet. “There seems to be a normal day.” Many affected passengers would not even to the airport, because they had learned in time of the strike.
The Munich Airport is Lufthansa loud not affected by the strike, including flights to and from Dusseldorf as well as short and medium haul flights were taking place as planned. By 23 clock of the recusal of the pilots in Frankfurt am Main due to be completed
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With the now fifth wave of strikes, the union wants to bring movement in the stalled collective bargaining talks . Last week, the negotiations between the union and the company had failed. Cockpit had then announced new strikes.
background of the dispute is the deadlocked pay dispute to the supply of Lufthansa pilots during the transition to retirement. “Since the Lufthansa management has continued submitted no compromise competitive offer, we are forced to these other measures,” the VC said. But it was still anytime association ready to avert strikes. The VC has skipped thousands of flights already in four waves of strikes. A fifth wave was canceled shortly after Lufthansa had submitted a modified offer
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