Lufthansa strike grounds another 100,000 passengers

November 11, 2015 19:34

Lufthansa scrapped 930 more flights today, grounding 100,000 passengers after a court allowed cabin staff to press on with a strike that is shaping up to be the worst in the German airline's history.

The new flight cancellations in and out of Germany's biggest airport, Frankfurt, as well as hubs in Munich and Duesseldorf, come after four days of stoppages that had already forced the airline to cancel 2,800 flights, leaving 300,000 passengers stranded.

The industrial action over a dispute with the UFO flight attendants union regarding cost cuts began on Friday with a pause on Sunday, and is set to go on until Friday.

Lufthansa had sought to challenge the legality of the industrial action through court injunctions but lost a key bid after the labour court of Darmstadt, which has jurisdiction for Frankfurt and Munich airports, approved the strike.

The court dismissed the airline's argument that the union's reasons for striking were "too vague" and unjustified under German labour law.

The UFO union welcomed the ruling on its website, calling for the strike to continue from until Friday across all flights at Frankfurt, Munich and Duesseldorf airports.

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