UFO members working for regional subsidiary airline Lufthansa CityLine will be affected by the airline’s announced closure; operations and staff are expected to be relocated to a new subsidiary.
VC said that pilots from both Lufthansa’s passenger and cargo operations will join the 24-hour strike after “a total of seven rounds of negotiations remained without a tangible result.”
“We would have liked to avoid an escalation,” said VC President Andreas Pinheiro, blaming Lufthansa for the strike.
According to the German news agency DW, the strike could affect all German airports, including the major international hubs of Frankfurt and Munich.
The strike could disrupt the travel plans of thousands of passengers, including those traveling to the annual Munich Security Conference, which begins Friday.