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German commercial pilots\u2019 union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called on its members at Lufthansa group airlines to stage two days of strike action on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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Set to begin on 13 April at 12:01 am local time and end on 14 April at 11:59 pm local time, the \u201cstrike call\u201d applies to VC members at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Lufthansa Cargo AG and Lufthansa CityLine, the union said in a news release<\/a> issued on Saturday. It also said that Eurowings GmbH flights that take off from German airports between 12:01 am and 11:59 pm on 13 April will be on strike.<\/p>\n The walkout, announced with less than two days’ notice, is projected to put at least 80% of flights from Frankfurt<\/a> and Munich in jeopardy, potentially leaving more than 50,000 travellers in limbo, Air Traveler Club<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n VC, which represents at least 10,000 pilots across various German<\/a> airlines, added that its grievance is rooted in Lufthansa’s reluctance to settle several wage disputes, including over pensions.<\/p>\n “Despite a deliberate decision to refrain from strike action over the Easter holidays, no serious offers were forthcoming,\u201d said VC President Andreas Pinheiro. <\/p>\n \u201cDuring this time, there was neither a response nor any discernible willingness to negotiate on the part of the employers. The employers always have the opportunity to avert the strike by submitting negotiable offers.\u201d<\/p>\n How has Lufthansa responded?<\/p>\n With negotiations collapsing, the Cologne-based carrier<\/a> now faces the fallout, including replacing scheduled flights with services operated by other airlines within the Lufthansa<\/a> Group or partner airlines.<\/p>\n \u201cLufthansa is working intensively to keep the impact on our passengers as low as possible,\u201d the airline said. It added that amid being inundated by a high volume of calls, affected passengers may be informed as late as 12 April.<\/p>\n As per their rebooking and refund policy, passengers with tickets from Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, Brussels Airlines or Air Dolomiti, issued on or before 11 April, and booked on Lufthansa-operated flights, including Lufthansa CityLine on 13 and 14 April, can rebook for free to another Lufthansa Group flight from 11-21 April. <\/p>\n There is also the option to request a refund, no later than 13 April.<\/p>\n Lufthansa will also offer Deutsche Bahn train tickets for passengers on cancelled flights with no alternative options.<\/p>\n \u201cWe sincerely regret the disruption caused by the strike announced at short notice by the union Vereinigung Cockpit and thank you for your understanding,\u201d the carrier said.<\/p>\n Weekend awash with disruptions<\/p>\n The upcoming strike action comes after ten of thousands of passengers across Germany<\/a> experienced travel disruptions over the weekend.<\/p>\n Unabh\u00e4ngige Flugbegleiter Organisation (UFO), a union representing cabin crew professionals in Germany, called on crew members at Lufthansa and its regional subsidiary Lufthansa CityLine GmbH to strike on Friday 10 April. <\/p>\n The day-long strike grounded flights across Frankfurt and Munich<\/a>, with The Independent <\/a>reporting approximately 580 Frankfurt flight cancellations, affecting as many as 72,000 travellers. <\/p>\n UFO\u2019s grievances lie in unresolved pay disputes \u2013 resorting to industrial action to achieve their demands. <\/p>\n \u201cTo this day, management consistently refuses to even enter into negotiations with us regarding our demands for a collectively agreed social plan, to address our demands, or even to submit a negotiable offer for such a plan,\u201d the union said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German commercial pilots\u2019 union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called on its members at Lufthansa group airlines to stage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1314,5,1678,1297,2473,4014],"class_list":{"0":"post-3978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-frankfurt","9":"tag-germany","10":"tag-lufthansa","11":"tag-munich","12":"tag-strike","13":"tag-trade-unions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}