A ONE-DAY strike, for a 5.5 per cent pay increase, scheduled for Friday by pilots at lufthansa Airlines will also affect the company's freighter subsidiary, reports New York's FreightWaves.
The more serious threat for shippers and Lufthansa Cargo, said the report, is future labour action that could disrupt supply chains, say logistics experts.
Lufthansa said it has canceled 800 flights at its Frankfurt and Munich for Friday, and a handful of flights on Thursday, after the pilots' union declared a 24-hour strike. The stoppage comes as many are returning home at the end of summer holidays.
'Lufthansa is working with joint forces to return its flight operations to a normal status as quickly as possible. Nevertheless, the effects of the strike may still lead to individual flight cancellations or delays this Saturday and Sunday,' the airline said in a news release.
Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), the association of airline pilots and flight engineers in Germany, represents the interests of about 9,600 cockpit crew members from all German airlines, including 5,000 at Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo.
The pilots, who are seeking a 5.5 per cent wage increase this year with annual inflation adjustments, last week rejected an offer from Lufthansa's management after previously voting to authorise a strike.
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The more serious threat for shippers and Lufthansa Cargo, said the report, is future labour action that could disrupt supply chains, say logistics experts.
Lufthansa said it has canceled 800 flights at its Frankfurt and Munich for Friday, and a handful of flights on Thursday, after the pilots' union declared a 24-hour strike. The stoppage comes as many are returning home at the end of summer holidays.
'Lufthansa is working with joint forces to return its flight operations to a normal status as quickly as possible. Nevertheless, the effects of the strike may still lead to individual flight cancellations or delays this Saturday and Sunday,' the airline said in a news release.
Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), the association of airline pilots and flight engineers in Germany, represents the interests of about 9,600 cockpit crew members from all German airlines, including 5,000 at Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo.
The pilots, who are seeking a 5.5 per cent wage increase this year with annual inflation adjustments, last week rejected an offer from Lufthansa's management after previously voting to authorise a strike.
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