Lufthansa confirms strike action on 09-Nov-2015, 929 flights have been cancelled

Lufthansa confirmed (08-Nov-2015) the Independent Flight Attendant's Organisation (UFO) has called for a strike action for all Lufthansa services from and to Frankfurt and Dusseldorf on 09-Nov-2015 between 16:30 and 23:00 and flights from and to Munich between 16:30 and 00.00. Flights operated by Lufthansa CityLine, Germanwings, Eurowings, Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, SWISS and Brussels Airlines are not affected by potential strike actions and will therefore run as planned. On 09-Nov-2015, out of the approximately 3000 planned connections about 929 continental and intercontinental flights had to be cancelled. Affected by these cancellations are in total approximately 113,000 passengers. The carrier publish a special timetable for services. Nearly all continental and intercontinental flights had to be cancelled. Exceptions are a few flights between Munich and Frankfurt to London Heathrow, Dublin, Ashgabat, Delhi, Hong Kong and Tokyo. [more - original PR]