Lufthansa Pilot, Flight Attendant Strikes Cause Severe Disruption

Lufthansa aircraft at Frankfurt airport
Credit: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images
FRANKFURT—The longstanding dispute between Lufthansa and key parts of its workforce escalated Feb. 12, as a strike by pilots and cabin crew forced the airline to cancel about 800 flights. Pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) had called for the strike officially over stalled negotiations to revise...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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