{"id":325763,"date":"2026-04-14T13:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=325763"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:22:28","slug":"hundreds-of-flights-scrapped-in-germany-as-lufthansa-strike-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=325763","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of flights scrapped in Germany as Lufthansa strike continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"402\" src=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626-Europe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304972\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626-Europe.jpg 700w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626-Europe-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>For illustration. An airport in Europe. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>FRANKFURT, April 14 (dpa) &#8211; Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in Germany on Tuesday as Lufthansa pilots strike for a second day amid an ongoing dispute over better pay and pensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pilots at Lufthansa&#8217;s core brand, as well as Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa CityLine, began their walkout shortly after midnight on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 1,100 take-offs and landings in Frankfurt, Lufthansa&#8217;s main hub and Germany&#8217;s biggest airport, were cancelled across Monday and Tuesday, with 710 flights scrapped in Munich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pilots&#8217; strike, organized by the VC union, centres on pay disputes, including the company pension scheme and remuneration at the regional subsidiary CityLine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pilots of the leisure airline Eurowings, however, are expected to resume work on Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, flight attendants at Lufthansa have been called to strike on Wednesday and Thursday, marking the fifth wave of industrial action at the group this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, Lufthansa&#8217;s chief human resources officer Michael Niggemann warned unions against continuing their confrontational course, saying each day of industrial action weakens the airline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;NNN-dpa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANKFURT, April 14 (dpa) &#8211; Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in Germany on Tuesday as Lufthansa pilots strike for a second day amid an ongoing dispute over better pay and pensions. Pilots at Lufthansa&#8217;s core brand, as well as Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa CityLine, began their walkout shortly after midnight on Monday. More than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":304972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300,209,296],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325763"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325767,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325763\/revisions\/325767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/304972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}