Lufthansa cabin crew, represented by the Independent Flight Attendants’ Organization (UFO), have called a two-day strike for April 15 and 16, 2026, targeting departures from Frankfurt (FRA) and Munich (MUC) airports. This action overlaps with a Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots’ walkout entering its second day on April 14, creating four consecutive days of severe operational disruptions at Lufthansa’s primary German hubs.
The pilots’ 48-hour strike, launched at 00:01 on April 13, has already grounded around 800 flights on the first day, stranding approximately 100,000 passengers. Cabin crew at Lufthansa and subsidiary CityLine will join, affecting flights from additional airports including Hamburg, Bremen, Stuttgart, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Berlin, and Hanover.
These back-to-back strikes follow a one-day cabin crew walkout on April 10 that canceled over 580 flights at Frankfurt alone during post-Easter travel, plus hundreds more elsewhere. Pilot demands center on higher company pension contributions and better pay at CityLine, amid stalled negotiations; UFO seeks to block collective agreement cuts, with 94-99% member approval for action.
Exemptions apply to Middle East routes due to regional tensions, but no other Lufthansa Group carriers like SWISS or Austrian Airlines are impacted. The unrest, now in its fourth wave this year, threatens Lufthansa’s schedule recovery and revenue during peak demand, exacerbating post-pandemic labor tensions in Europe’s largest airline group.