Strike: Lufthansa flights cancelled, Budapest affected – UPDATED🔄

Due to a walkout by Lufthansa ground handling staff in Germany, the airline has cancelled a number of flights in the coming days.

Please read the updated information about the cancelled Budapest flights below.

Lufthansa ground staff will hold a warning strike from Thursday, which will also lead to flight cancellations. The union has been unable to reach an agreement with the airline since February, the Hungarian News Agency (MTI) reported.

Budapest Airport asks passengers to check the current status of their flight before departure on the airline’s website or on bud.hu.

Passengers whose tickets are affected by cancellations should contact the airline for more information on their options, Budapest Airport said on its Facebook page.

The walkout of Lufthansa ground staff

Photo: www.facebook.com/Lufthansa

The walkout announced by the Verdi union on Monday will start at 4 AM on Thursday and end at 7.10 AM on Saturday.

UPDATE🔄

According to Budapest Airport’s flight information system, no flight cancellations are expected on Wednesday due to the walkout. However, on Thursday, the airline cancelled all but one flight from Frankfurt and Munich to Budapest, AIRportal.hu reports.

According to current information, only LH 1344 from Frankfurt at 17:40 and LH 1345 returning at 18:25 will operate on Thursday.

Affected passengers were notified by email or via the mobile app, which offered free rebooking and vouchers redeemable for train tickets on domestic flights. Passengers on cancelled flights are asked not to go to airports.

Verdi has also called for a new strike on Thursday at Frankfurt and Hamburg airports involving workers carrying out security checks on passengers and luggage.

Demands

Around 25,000 ground staff are demanding an increase of EUR 2.8 per hour, in addition to higher overtime rates.

To back up their demands, Verdi has already held two recent warning strikes, which we have reported on. First on 7 and 8 February, which resulted in only 10-20% of the German airline’s flights being operated. On 20 February, Lufthansa cancelled all its flights between Frankfurt and Munich, and the Hungarian capital.

The union will hold further talks with management on its demands between 13 and 14 March.

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