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Lufthansa cancels 941 flights today

Friday, 13 November 20153 min read

Lufthansa has been forced to cancel another 941 flights today, the last day of a week-long strike by cabin crew unions.

The airline said today’s cancellations would impact 110,900 passengers.

In total, Lufthansa has cancelled around 4,700 flights since the strikes began, affecting 550,000 passengers.

The industrial action is impacting services to and from Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf.

Flights from sister airlines Lufthansa CityLine, Germanwings, Eurowings, Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, SWISS and Brussels Airlines are not affected.

Strikes have continued since Wednesday, despite Lufthansa agreeing to the flight attendants union UFO offer to enter into an arbitration.

Lufthansa said despite it giving a written commitment to the proposed settlement, the union did not compy with its prior announcement and announced four hours later that it would continue the strike until today.

The UFO cabin crew union is planning a rally today in Frankfurt and has warned it may call additional strikes to put pressure on the airline’s management.

Flight attendants and pilots are fighting plans to overhaul Lufthansa and transform Eurowings into a low-cost arm.

Lufthansa said flights should return to normal from Saturday.