Overview
- The twin walkouts by pilots and cabin crew, which wiped out services on Thursday, are still cutting flights on Friday at Birmingham with fresh cancellations to Frankfurt and Munich.
- Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow published Thursday lists showing scrapped Lufthansa and Eurowings routes to Frankfurt and Munich, confirming the disruption for UK travelers.
- Pilots represented by Vereinigung Cockpit extended a 48-hour strike into Thursday, and the UFO union began a cabin crew stoppage on Wednesday that overlapped into Thursday.
- Lufthansa says affected customers can rebook for free on Lufthansa Group flights through April 23 or request refunds, and it urges passengers to use digital tools due to long call waits.
- Eurowings expects to fly about 60% of its program this week, while Lufthansa has canceled roughly two-thirds of short and medium-haul and about half of long-haul services as unions press pension and pay demands.