Overview
- The coordinated walkout by pilots and cabin crew runs from 00:01 to 23:59 on Thursday and targets departures from German airports at Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and CityLine.
- Lufthansa reports extensive cancellations and large-scale rebookings, with airports urging travelers not to come without confirmed alternatives and Munich citing 275 of 920 planned starts canceled.
- Affected customers are being auto‑notified with options to rebook, and domestic tickets can be converted to Deutsche Bahn rail travel.
- Pilots seek higher employer contributions to company and bridge pensions, while the cabin union Ufo pushes for tariff negotiations and a social plan tied to roughly 800 threatened CityLine jobs.
- Management calls the action an unnecessary escalation, points to limited financial headroom after a 2024 loss and a Turnaround program, and says operations are expected to normalize on Friday; Eurowings and Discover are not covered by the strike call.