Status: 19.10.2022 7:12 a.m
In the middle of the autumn holidays in many northern German states, the pilots of the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings stopped work. More flights are affected today than on Monday and Tuesday.
On the third and last day of the strike, 36 of 44 planned departures are canceled today, as Hamburg Airport’s online flight overview shows. In addition, there are about as many arrivals. Already on Monday and Tuesday, 29 Eurowings departures and arrivals in Hamburg were canceled.
Eurowings is stopping the creation of further jobs
The strike is not only affecting passengers, according to Eurowings it costs a double-digit million euro amount every day. As the company announced yesterday, the fleet size of 81 aircraft planned for 2023 will initially be reduced by five. In addition, the planned creation of at least 200 additional jobs at Eurowings Germany in the cockpit and in the cabin will be stopped with immediate effect. Pilots who are currently in training only receive temporary contracts. As the demand is reduced, all promotions to captain will also be stopped, the company said.
There is a three-day strike
When many Eurowings pilots stopped working on Monday because of the Cockpit Association’s call for a strike, Eurowings changed the flight schedule across Germany. More than half of the passengers should be able to reach their planned destinations despite the strike. However, all passengers are asked to find out about the status of their flight in advance on the Eurowings website, the app or at your airport. The strike by the pilots should end on Thursday night.
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Flights operated by Eurowings Germany are affected
According to Eurowings, only flights from Eurowings Germany are affected by the call for strikes by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, not those from the Austrian subsidiary Eurowings Europe or from Eurowings Discover, which operates from Frankfurt and Munich.
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One-day strike in early October with consequences
On October 6th were already due to the one-day strike action around half of 500 planned flights canceled – including to and from Hamburg and Hanover. Up to 30,000 passengers across Germany were affected by the strike.
At the beginning of September, a pilots’ strike at the parent company almost completely paralyzed Lufthansa’s flight operations. It was about salary demands of the VC, which are currently not the subject of the negotiations. Eurowings flights were not affected at the time.
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