Flights between Manchester and Frankfurt and Munich have been cancelled tomorrow due to strike action from pilots. Lufthansa has been forced to axe hundreds of journeys to the German cities after the union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) announced industrial action on Friday (September 2).
In total, 11 flights serving Manchester Airport have been cancelled while 34 services connecting Heathrow with Frankfurt and Munich are grounded. It is estimated that about 7,000 passengers booked on the carrier’s UK flights will be disrupted by the 24-hour strike, which comes at the end of the school holidays in Germany and other European countries.
Affected passengers are entitled to be flown to their final destination as soon as possible. They may also be entitled to compensation, as consumer groups do not believe cancellations due to strikes by airline employees fall under the “extraordinary circumstances” exemption.
