Lufthansa to cut flights across the former Yugoslavia in September
Germany’s Lufthansa will be cancelling a number of flights from its Frankfurt hub to cities across the former Yugoslavia as an ongoing staff shortage continues to plague both the airline and the industry. According to “Aeroroutes”, the cancellations will affect services to Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo, however, operations from Munich will remain unchanged at this point. Overall, the carrier is cancelling 8% of all flights within its inter-European network next month. A total of eight services have been cancelled between Frankfurt and Belgrade in September with 52 flights to operate between the two cities next month instead of the initially planned sixty.
From Zagreb, Lufthansa is also cancelling eight flights during the month of September, with a total of 44 services planned instead of the initially scheduled 52. In Ljubljana, which has avoided the bulk of the summer flight cancellations, only four flights have been cut, with a total of 56 operations planned between Frankfurt and the Slovenian capital, down from sixty. Meanwhile, services to Sarajevo will be least affected, with just one flight cancelled for a total of 29 during the month of September.
Lufthansa has been impacted by flight cancellations this summer due to a shortage of staff. The problem was further compounded last month when its ground staff went on strike, unhappy over pay and other work conditions. More industrial action may be on the cards, with pilots threatening to walk out as well. Exploratory pay talks between Lufthansa and Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), the trade union representing pilots who say they are ready to strike, have failed to produce results. "We want to remain in talks mode and have therefore offered Vereinigung Cockpit further dates to ... work out viable solutions for the future", a Lufthansa spokesperson said. On the other hand, a VC spokesperson did not rule out further talks, but said the course of action would be hashed out in the coming days. No walkouts have been announced so far.
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