Lufthansa pilots will stage more strikes this week in a long-running dispute over pay.
Union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called on its members to strike for 48 hours from Tuesday (November 29), affecting all short-haul flights.
The row centres around pay increases, with Lufthansa’s offer of 2.5 per cent described as “inadequate”. The union is calling for a 3.7 per cent pay rise for 5,400 pilots dating back to 2012.
Lufthansa will prepare a special flight schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday. So far, over 345,000 passengers have been affected by 2,755 flight cancellations during the four days of strikes in the past week.
The announcement concerns Lufthansa flights only, with those operated by CityLine, Germanwings, Eurowings, Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, SWISS and Brussels Airlines operating as normal.
Lufthansa has asked passengers to check the status of their flight before travelling to the airport. In addition to this, Lufthansa is notifying all passengers that have provided contact information in their customer profiles of any cancellations by e-mail or SMS.