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Posted on April 13, 2026
2 min readLast updated: April 13, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleLufthansa cabin crew union UFO has called a one‑day strike on Friday, April 10, affecting departures from Frankfurt, Munich and CityLine at nine airports, halting most flights amid failed talks over work conditions and redundancy packages.
FRANKFURT, April 13 (Reuters) - A union representing Lufthansa cabin crew on Monday called for a two-day strike later this week, following a walkout nL8N40T0NM last week and a separate pilots' strike nL8N40W1C3 in progress.
• The UFO union is calling the strike for all departures out of Frankfurt and Munich.
• Cabin crew last struck on Friday, resulting in the cancellation of hundreds of flights.
• The union cited deadlock in a collective bargaining dispute.
• Even after Friday's strike, "the union sees no sufficient movement on the part of the employers," it said.
• Lufthansa board member Michael Niggemann said in reaction to the strike plans that the union is "completely indifferent to the fate of our passengers and the future of Lufthansa".
• Pilots struck on Monday and plan to do so again on Tuesday, affecting tens of thousands of passengers.
• Earlier strikes by Lufthansa cabin crew and pilots in February and March resulted in widespread cancellations.
(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach and Tom Sims. Editing by Jan Harvey and Mark Potter)
The union has called for a two-day strike on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
A union representing Lufthansa cabin crew is organizing the strike.
Yes, there was a walkout last week and a separate pilots' strike is ongoing.
Lufthansa is based in Frankfurt, Germany.
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