On July 26, German national air carrier Lufthansa announced that it will cancel most of its flights in Germany owing to workers moving to strike over pay rise. The strike would reportedly involve 20,000 ground employees involved in ground and freight handling, administration, maintenance, and security.
Lufthansa is slated to have called off its entire flight programme at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich as a result, even as Germany’s main worker’s union Ver.di, announced that Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne-Bonn, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, and Stuttgart airports would be affected by these strikes.
Close to 500 flights were scrapped in Italy on July 17 owing to staff agitation and four-hour walkouts. These involved staff of low-cost airlines and air traffic controllers, while the Italian transport ministry told the press that the strikes were called by workers for Ryanair, EasyJet, and Volotea airlines. Airline workers were reportedly seeking better pay as well as improved working conditions, including meals on long shifts.
On July 2, more than 900 or 55 per cent of IndiGo flights were delayed owing to the mass sick leave of the airline’s staff over discontent attributed to pay. IndiGo had earlier cut 30 per cent of pilot salaries as a cost-cutting measure and later suspended many pilots in April this year who had protested over the issue.
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