At Düsseldorf airport, 84 of the 160 flights were canceled on Tuesday, according to the airport. Even more flight cancellations were announced for Wednesday.
The pilots’ strike at Eurowings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, has again led to significant restrictions on flight operations at Germany’s main airports. At Düsseldorf airport, 84 of the 160 flights were canceled on Tuesday, according to the airport.
On Wednesday – the third and final day of shutdowns – even more would be cancelled, ie 100 of the 160 takeoffs and landings. At Cologne/Bonn airport, 35 of the 63 originally planned flights were canceled on Tuesday. There were also cancellations in Stuttgart, Munich and Hamburg and many passengers with Eurowings tickets had to rebook.
With the strike, the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) wants to achieve better working conditions. Recently, the fronts had hardened. Management argues that it has already made many concessions to the union and, for example, offers ten additional days off per year. The union wants 14.
In an open letter to the workforce, Eurowings management warned on Monday of the financial consequences of the strike, which costs a double-digit figure of millions of euros a day. Jobs are at risk. Management threatened to withdraw the offer if the strike continued.
(APA)