Cabin crew at German flag carrier Lufthansa walked off their jobs on Friday, with a strike that began at midnight (2200 Thursday GMT) and is set to affect hundreds of flights. Some 20,000 flight attendants were called to strike until 10 p.m. on Friday.
The UFO trade union called a one-day strike for its members at Lufthansa and its CityLine regional subsidiary as wage negotiations remain stalled. The walkout is Lufthansa’s third major strike this year, following two rounds of pilot strikes.
Lufthansa canceled hundreds of flights in advance as it sought to limit disruption. Cancellations are expected to hit hubs in Munich and Frankfurt, and other airports including Leipzig/Halle, Berlin and Stuttgart. At Frankfurt, nearly 75% of about 350 scheduled Lufthansa departures were canceled.
Although the strike is intended to affect departures in Germany, several return flights for Easter holiday travelers are expected to be canceled. The airline advised passengers to check the status of their flights before going to the airport.
Lufthansa is negotiating not only with the UFO cabin crew union but also with pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit. The two unions joined forces in early February to maximize strike impact, causing major disruption; pilots staged another two-day strike in mid-March.
Hundreds of flights were canceled. Image caption: Cancelled flights are displayed on a screen in the airport in Hamburg, Germany on Apr 10, 2026.
Edited by: Sean Sinico