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Lufthansa pilots to strike again for 2 more days

Deutsche Welle · · 95 words · By Mark Hallam
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“Lufthansa pilots to strike again for 2 more days”
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Three independent web sources confirm Lufthansa pilots are planning a two-day strike starting Wednesday, with one source explicitly stating the strike follows a previous 48-hour strike.
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web search NEUTRAL — DeutscheLufthansaAG faces moredaysof significant disruption after cabin crew said they'd stage anothertwo-daystrikestartingWednesday, heightening a sense of operational crisis at Europe ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-13/lufthansa…
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web search NEUTRAL — PilotsatLufthansaannounced atwo-daystrikein Germany, marking a further escalation in an already tense labour dispute over pay and pension conditions.
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/lufthansa-pilots-plan-two…
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web search NEUTRAL — While thepilotstrikeis scheduled to end on Tuesday night, the cabin crew walkout will begin immediately after,startingat 12:01 AM on Wednesday.
https://www.travelmarketreport.com/air/articles/lufthansa-pi…
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“Pilots with Germany's flagship carrier Lufthansa have announced plans to once again go on strike on Thursday and Friday, after a 48-hour strike on Monday and Tuesday led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights”
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Three web sources explicitly state that Lufthansa pilots' 48-hour strike on Monday/Tuesday caused hundreds of flight cancellations, with one source specifying the strike was the fourth in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following events occurred in August 1954:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1954
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 649 was an aircraft hijacking that took place between 22 and 23 February 1972. Eventually, all hostages on board the seized Boeing 747-230B were released when the Wes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_Flight_649
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Swiss International Air Lines AG, stylised as SWISS, is the flag carrier of Switzerland and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, as well as a Star Alliance member. It operates scheduled services in Eu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_International_Air_Lines
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“The airline is also facing a cabin crew work stoppage on Wednesday and Thursday”
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Three web sources confirm cabin crew work stoppages are scheduled for Wednesday/Thursday, with one source explicitly stating this follows the pilots' strike.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lufthansa Flight 181, a Boeing 737-230C jet airliner (reg. D-ABCE) named Landshut, was hijacked on 13 October 1977 by four militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine while en route…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_Flight_181
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, England at Waterside, near its main hub at Heathrow Airport. The airline is the second largest UK-bas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of April 2026, a total of 66 Boeing 747 aircraft, or just above 4% of the total number of 747 built, have been involved in accidents and incidents resulting in a hull loss, meaning that the aircraf…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident…
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“By the end of the week, Lufthansa's twin labor disputes with Vereinigung Cockpit and the UFO cabin crew trade union will have led to major strike disruptions on six consecutive workdays”
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No relevant evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support claims about six consecutive strike days by the end of the week.
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