EX-YU airports and Croatia Airlines hit by Lufthansa strike
Lufthansa has cancelled more than 1.000 flights today due to a one-day walkout by ground staff, affecting all of the carrier’s operations to the former Yugoslavia, as well as Croatia Airlines’ services to Germany. More than 130.000 passengers have been impacted, Lufthansa said, adding that there could be a few more cancellations and delays on Thursday and Friday, after the end of the strike. The industrial action was called by labour union Verdi in pursuit of a 9.5% pay claim. Overall, some 80% of the airline’s flights have been cancelled today. Staff shortages have already forced Lufthansa and its subsidiaries to cancel hundreds of flights this month.
Lufthansa’s biggest market in the former Yugoslavia over the summer - Croatia - will witness over twenty flight cancellations today from almost all major cities. In addition, its Star Alliance partner Croatia Airlines has also been forced to halt services to Germany as its aircraft are handled by Lufthansa in both Frankfurt and Munich. Overall, Lufthansa has cancelled three of its return flights to Zagreb, two each to Split, Dubrovnik and Zadar, as well as one return service to Pula and Rijeka. On other hand, Croatia Airlines has been forced to shelve five return services from Zagreb, two from Split and one from Dubrovnik. In total, 38 flights have been cancelled today between Croatia and Germany.
In Serbia, Lufthansa has cancelled all of its planned operations to Belgrade, including two return flights from both Frankfurt and Munich. However, Air Serbia will maintain its service between Belgrade and Frankfurt today, as well as other German cities including Dusseldorf, Berlin and Stuttgart. Wizz Air plans to operate its flights from the Serbian capital to Dortmund and Hamburg. In Ljubljana, Lufthansa has cancelled all of its services for today, which include two return flights from Frankfurt and one from Munich. Similarly, its service between Frankfurt and Sarajevo has also been cancelled today. Wizz Air’s operations from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital to Hamburg, Cologne and Dortmund are expected to operate as per schedule. The German national carrier has no flights scheduled for Tivat today, nor does Air Montenegro operate between Podgorica and Frankfurt on Wednesdays.
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