Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Sept 2: Nearly 150 people gathered outside Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport’s Terminal 3 at the crack of dawn on Friday to demand a full refund or tickets on alternative flights after German airline Lufthansa cancelled hundreds of flights due to a union strike that started at midnight, including two services to Frankfurt and Munich from India.
Delhi | Passengers at IGI airport wait for hours for alternative flights as Germany's Lufthansa airlines cancel 800 flights amid a strike by their pilots pic.twitter.com/r19X8AjNda
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2022
Up to 800 of Lufthansa’s scheduled flights for today may be cancelled, potentially affecting up to 1.3 lakh passengers.
Delhi | Crowd of approx 150 people gathered on main road in front of departure gate no.1, Terminal 3, IGI Airport, around 12 am, demanding refund of money or alternate flights for their relatives as 2 Lufthansa flights bound to Frankfurt & Munich were cancelled: DCP, IGI Airport https://t.co/V2PQBWBErD
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2022
As tens of thousands of people return home following the conclusion of the summer vacation in European nations, the airline has acknowledged that the strike would have a substantial impact on aircraft operations and that passengers will be affected.
Pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit has called for a 5.5% salary increase for its more than 5,000 members as well as automatic inflation insurance in a one-day walkout.
The airlines justified their stance by stating that they had made a deal with an 18-month duration, as part of which, pilots at Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo will get 900 euros more in basic pay per month over two phases. The business said that this would especially help entry-level earnings.
