Court Allows Lufthansa Strike To Continue
Latest pilot walkout enters second day
Lufthansa could again see strikes disrupt operations during its busy summer travel season. (Photo: Lufthansa)
Lufthansa could again see strikes disrupt operations during its busy summer travel season. (Photo: Lufthansa)

A German court has denied Lufthansa’s plea to forcibly end the latest strike by its pilots over a retirement benefits dispute, virtually ensuring that the airline must move ahead with plans to cancel the majority of short- and medium-haul flights to and from Frankfurt and suspend almost all long-haul traffic from that hub. The airline expects to operate about half of its planned short- and medium-haul flights from Munich during the strike period thanks to regional subsidiary Lufthansa Cityline, while roughly half of its mainline flights from Munich continue under a special flight plan published Monday afternoon. Long-haul flights to and from Düsseldorf should operate on schedule despite the strike, said the airline.