Lufthansa Hit By Fresh Strike As Pilots Down Tools

(FILES) Planes of German airline Lufthansa are seen parked during a strike at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by ANDRE PAIN / AFP)   Hundreds of Lufthansa flights were cancelled Monday as pilots kicked off a strike over pay and pensions, the latest walkout at the German aviation giant this year. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569656851-0"); }); Half of all long-distance flights and two-thirds of short-haul services were cancelled at Lufthansa, the group’s main airline, on the first day of the two-day industrial action, the company said. Pilots at its CityLine and Eurowings subsidiaries are also participating in the walkout. Contacted by AFP, the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit was not yet able to provide its own cancellation figures. On Saturday, a Lufthansa spokesman had denounced the strike, calling the union’s demands for higher pay and pensions “absurd and unfeasible”. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569913499-0"); }); But the union’s president, Andreas Pinheiro, said the airline had “shown no tangible willingness to find a solution during several rounds of negotiations”. “Although we deliberately refrained from any strike action during the Easter holidays, no serious proposal was made,” he added.   READ ALSO: Germany, Philippines Cut Fuel Taxes Amid Iran War Energy Shock Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587799169-0"); }); Lufthansa cabin crews went on strike last Friday, forcing the cancellation of around 90 per cent of flights at Lufthansa and CityLine, the UFO cabin crew union said. The last pilots’ strike at Lufthansa took place in mid-March.     Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587060870-0"); }); AFP Join Our Whatsapp Channel To join: Simply click on the link below & turn on notifications to get the latest updates Subscribe to Our Newsletter In This Article: More Stories No related articles found /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * / var disqus_shortname = 'channelstelevision'; // Required - Replace example with your forum shortname / * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */ (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.

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