Lufthansa cancels 750 flights due to pilots’ strike

Lufthansa has cancelled 750 flights due to a strike planned by pilots tomorrow in a long-running dispute over early retirement benefits and plans to expand budget flights.

The German airline is trying to cut costs and renegotiate expensive labour agreements as it tries to compete with low-cost carriers and rivals such as Emirates, but its efforts have been resisted by pilots who staged 10 strikes last year.

Pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit said the strike would focus on short- and medium-haul flights. Six flights between Dublin to Frankfurt and Munich are affected. – (Reuters)