Deutsche Lufthansa : Lufthansa publishes special flight timetable
September 29, 2014 at 09:50 pm IST
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29.09.14
More than half long-haul flights from Frankfurt will operate
Owing to the renewed strike announced by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots' union, Lufthansa has cancelled 25 long-haul flights from Frankfurt for Tuesday, 2 September. A total of 57 intercontinental flights were originally scheduled from Frankfurt tomorrow and 32 of those are planned to depart. Of those 32 flights, 26 will be flown by volunteer pilots, two others will depart earlier and four have been deferred to the following day (Wednesday). All the details on flight cancellations and flight-departure changes are listed in the Lufthansa special flight timetable, which has been published on the www.LH.com website.
The Lufthansa hub in Munich will not be impacted by the strike: Flights to and from Düsseldorf and short-haul flights from and to Frankfurt will also operate as scheduled. Furthermore, flights operated by the Lufthansa Group airlines Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Germanwings, SWISS and Air Dolomiti (OS, SN, 4U, LX, EN) will not be affected either.
This fifth strike action within just four weeks will hit Lufthansa in the busiest air-traffic month of the year. Both the number of scheduled flights as well as capacities are traditionally at their highest level over the year at the end of September. Moreover, it is especially difficult at the end of the month to change crewing rosters and get pilots to volunteer for flights because planning options are restricted by the monthly limits on pilots' flight-duty hours. Furthermore, Lufthansa is barred from resorting to night flights by the stringent night-flight ban after 11 p.m. at its home base in Frankfurt.
"Even if we manage under these difficult conditions to get more than half our scheduled long-haul flights from Frankfurt off the ground with volunteer crews tomorrow (Tuesday), the walkout will again severely damage our reputation and erode confidence in our airline's reliability. The VC union's repeated resort to strike action will damage Lufthansa with unforeseeable consequences for all 120,000 employees, including the pilots", emphasized Kay Kratky, member of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board with responsibility for Operations and the Frankfurt Hub. "We apologize explicitly for the measures taken by the VC union, which is the only collective bargaining partner at Lufthansa intent on uncompromising and inconsiderate pursuit of its individual interests."
Passengers whose flights have to be canceled due to the strike can rebook or cancel their flight free of charge. Furthermore, all passengers scheduled to fly tomorrow (30 September) with Lufthansa or any of the Group airlines from or to Frankfurt may also re-book a flight once at a later date during the present year free of charge.
In order to ensure that flight operations go ahead as smoothly as possible again on Wednesday, Lufthansa is today also cancelling flights from abroad to Frankfurt. The connections, which are affected, are also listed in the special flight timetable on the www.LH.com website.
All Lufthansa passengers with long-haul tickets from and to Frankfurt are kindly requested to check the status of their flights on the LH.com website well before the scheduled departure time.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Media Relations Lufthansa Group
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is a Germany-based aviation company, which provides passenger and cargo air transportation services worldwide. The Company's segments include Passenger Airlines, Logistics, MRO and Catering. The Passenger Airlines segment includes Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings. The Logistics segment includes the airfreight container management specialist Jettainer group, the time:matters Group, which specialises in urgent shipments, the subsidiary Heyworld, which specialises in tailored solutions for the e-commerce sector, CB Customs Broker, the customs and customs clearance specialist, and the Lufthansa Groupâs 50% stake in the cargo airline AeroLogic. The MRO segment, represented by the Lufthansa Technik group, is a global provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for civil and commercial aircraft. The Catering segment consists of traditional catering and onboard retail along with food commerce activities.