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Lufthansa pilots strike for 2 days, cabin crew will follow

Deutsche Welle · · 841 words · By Mark Hallam
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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Pilots with Germany's flagship carrier Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and subsidiary Eurowings began a 48-hour strike on Monday morning.”
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Multiple independent sources (Deutsche Welle, Anadolu Ajansı, and other web search results) confirm that pilots from Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, and Eurowings began a 48-hour strike on Monday, April 13, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — The strike by pilots at the core brand Deutsche Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, and Cityline began shortly after midnight and is scheduled to end shortly before midnight on Tuesday. At the holiday airline…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/lufthansa-pilots-begin-48-ho…
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web search NEUTRAL — April 13, 2026. A two-day pilot strike at Lufthansa began Monday, disrupting flights at Frankfurt and BER airports. The Vereinigung Cockpit union called the 48-hour walkout over pension improvements, …
https://www.newsworm.de/news/lufthansa-pilots-begin-48-hour-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa pilots began a 48-hour strike on Monday, grounding hundreds of flights at the carrier’s Frankfurt and Munich hubs in the fourth industrial action to hit the airline group this year.
https://emergingtravel.news/lufthansa-pilots-strike-april-20…
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“The airline is also facing a cabin crew work stoppage right after the pilots end their strike.”
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Multiple sources (Indoneo, Google News, and another web search result) confirm that the UFO cabin crew union scheduled a strike to begin immediately after the pilots' strike, specifically starting Wednesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa cabin crew are striking Wednesday and Thursday this week, following pilot walkouts earlier in the week. The back-to-back actions have cancelled over 800 flights from Frankfurt and Munich hub…
https://www.indoneo.com/2026/04/16/lufthansa-cabin-crew-stri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa cabin crew union, UFO, just announced a short-notice strike for Wednesday.While the pilot strike is scheduled to end on Tuesday night, the cabin crew walkout will begin immediately after, st…
https://www.travelmarketreport.com/air/articles/lufthansa-pi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa pilots strike for 2 days, cabin crew will follow.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“Lufthansa is struggling to negotiate terms both with the pilots' trade union Vereinigung Cockpit and the UFO cabin crew union”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia and corporate descriptions of Lufthansa and does not mention the specific current negotiations with Vereinigung Cockpit and UFO.
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web search NEUTRAL — Deutsche Lufthansa AG (German: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈlʊfthanzaː ʔaːˈɡeː] ⓘ), trading as the Lufthansa Group, is a German aviation holding company. Its principal airline, Lufthansa German Airlines, branded as Luft…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa
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web search NEUTRAL — Experience premium service and comfort worldwide with Lufthansa ️. Discover top offers and start your journey today!
https://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/homepage
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web search NEUTRAL — The Lufthansa Group is a global aviation group with a total of more than 300 subsidiaries and equity investments. The Lufthansa Group is composed of the segments Network Airlines, Eurowings and Aviati…
https://www.lufthansagroup.com/en/home.html
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“UFO said that it had called on its members to strike again on Wednesday and Thursday of this week”
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Two independent web search results confirm that the UFO union called for a strike on Wednesday and Thursday of that week.
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web search NEUTRAL — Flight attendants at Germany's Lufthansa have been called to strike on Wednesday and Thursday, the UFO union announced, marking the fifth wave of industrial action at the group this year. The strike a…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lufthansa-cabin-crew-cal…
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web search NEUTRAL — Planned strikes by drivers on London Underground this week have been called off, the RMT union has announced. The union said the two 24-hour stoppages from midday on Tuesday, which were set to disrupt…
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/18/london-tube-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Independent Flight Attendants Organization (UFO) is calling for a 15% pay increase and a €3,000 ($3,280; £2,550) inflation compensation payment for its 18,000 members with Lufthansa and 1,000 memb…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68526298
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“Hundreds of flights were canceled on Monday, with the major hubs of Frankfurt and Munich hit hardest, in the fourth strike of 2026 at the airline.”
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Multiple sources confirm hundreds of flights were canceled on Monday, specifically mentioning the Frankfurt and Munich hubs and noting this as the fourth strike of 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa operated the high-capacity Airbus A300-600 on domestic and European routes until 2009. The image shows an aircraft of that type approaching Frankfurt Airport in 2003. The wide-body era for L…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa
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web search NEUTRAL — 04/13/2026 April 13, 2026. Pilots who are members of the Vereinigung Cockpit trade union are striking on Monday and Tuesday. As hundreds of flights were canceled, the UFO cabin crew union said it woul…
https://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-pilots-launch-2-day-strike-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hundreds of Lufthansa flights are being disrupted due to strike action by two different unions.According to German news site Deutsche Welle, the strike actions resulted in hundreds of flights being ca…
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manches…
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“Middle Eastern flights are exempt from the strike”
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The evidence provided for this claim contains only general company descriptions and does not mention exemptions for Middle Eastern flights.
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web search NEUTRAL — Deutsche Lufthansa AG (German: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈlʊfthanzaː ʔaːˈɡeː] ⓘ), trading as the Lufthansa Group, is a German aviation holding company. Its principal airline, Lufthansa German Airlines, branded as Luft…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa
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web search NEUTRAL — Experience premium service and comfort worldwide with Lufthansa ️. Discover top offers and start your journey today!
https://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/homepage
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web search NEUTRAL — The Lufthansa Group is a global aviation group with a total of more than 300 subsidiaries and equity investments. The Lufthansa Group is composed of the segments Network Airlines, Eurowings and Aviati…
https://www.lufthansagroup.com/en/home.html
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“The homepage of Frankfurt Airport, Germany's busiest, showed the majority of Lufthansa departures within Europe as canceled on Monday.”
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Both Deutsche Welle and LatestLY report that the Frankfurt Airport homepage showed the majority of Lufthansa departures within Europe as canceled on Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Flight Departures information from Frankfurt Airport (FRA): Status and Estimated times - Today.
https://www.airport-fra.com/frankfurt-departures
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web search NEUTRAL — The homepage of Frankfurt Airport, Germany's busiest, showed the majority of Lufthansa departures within Europe as canceled on Monday. Several domestic German flights were indicated as replacement rai…
https://www.latestly.com/india/news/lufthansa-pilots-strike-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Check the status of Lufthansa flights including arrivals and departures. Stay informed and receive updates directly to your mobile phone. Check your flight now!
https://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/timetable-and-flight-status
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“Several domestic German flights were indicated as replacement rail services instead.”
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Both Deutsche Welle and LatestLY confirm that several domestic German flights were indicated as replacement rail services.
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore the places you can fly to with Lufthansa.How did we find these deals? The deals you see here are the lowest prices for Lufthansa flight tickets found in the last 12 days, and are subject to ch…
https://www.skyscanner.com/airline/airline-lufthansa-lh.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Lufthansa became the first European airline to introduce the Boeing 747 on regular passenger services in 1970. Seen here is a 747-200 at Düsseldorf Airport in 1985. Lufthansa operated the high-capacit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa
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web search NEUTRAL — Experience premium service and comfort worldwide with Lufthansa. Discover top offers and start your journey today!
https://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/homepage
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“Eurowings pilots are only striking on Monday, not Tuesday, while Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo pilots with the Cockpit union have been told to strike for two days.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the specific duration of the Eurowings strike versus the Lufthansa/Cargo strike.
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“Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cityline flights from Germany to Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egpyt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen would all be exempt from the strike action, according to VC.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific list of 13 Middle Eastern countries exempt from the strike.
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“The pilots' strike center on pay disputes, including the company pension scheme and remuneration at the regional subsidiary CityLine.”
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“the airline... announced a deal for both pilots and ground staff with rival trade union Verdi”
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“It said that the union's core demand "for the doubling of an already above-average and excellent company pension plan is absurd and unfulfillable."”
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“VC and UFO have already coordinated once this year to strike at the same time.”
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