Lufthansa and its subsidiary Eurowings are cutting their flight schedule in the holiday month of July due to a lack of staff in-house and at ground and airport service providers. Lufthansa has removed 900 flights within Germany and Europe at the hubs in Frankfurt and Munich from the system for July, the airline announced on Wednesday on request. The cancellations affect the weekdays Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which corresponds to five percent of the planned capacity on the weekends. Eurowings is also canceling several hundred flights to stabilize the offer for the month of July. Passengers would be informed immediately of any cancellations and, if possible, rebooked on other Lufthansa or Eurowings flights. Alternatively, passengers in Germany could travel to the airports by train.
The entire aviation industry, especially in Europe, is currently suffering from bottlenecks and a lack of staff – from passenger control to aircraft handling and flight attendants. There is a lack of employees who looked for other jobs during the pandemic.