Lufthansa -- cancel all international flights scheduled for the day Tuesday, October 21 due to strike
The airline canceled the German "Lufthansa" All international flights scheduled for the day Tuesday, October 21 / October due to the pilots strike. The pilots' union had earlier announced that it will implement a strike on Monday and Tuesday includes mainly domestic flights, which led to the cancellation of the 1450 trip flights Lufthansa
The strike was expanded to include long-haul flights, and will enter into force as of 6:00 pm local time (fourth GMT) on Tuesday, and even at 11:59 of the same day, the company did not announce the number of canceled flights
It is noteworthy that strike pilots trips short and medium term will begin from one o'clock Monday afternoon and will continue until shortly before midnight on Tuesday
The pilots demanding "Lufthansa" re-work program allows them to take early retirement at the age of 55 years while continuing to receive a percentage of their wages, up to the age of retirement at 60 years
The strike is the eighth day of the workers in the "Lufthansa" this year, which comes objection to modify the terms of the retirement and pension
However, despite the ongoing strikes which numbered strikes since April 7 / last April, but the management company "Lufthansa" not yet been able to reach a settlement agreement with the pilots
It should also be noted that the pilots of the company "German Wings" went on strike last Thursday for 12 consecutive hours, which led to the cancellation of 100 flights and the failure of the 13 thousand passenger journeys
According to data from Lufthansa was forced over half a million passengers on board the company "Lufthansa" and the tanker, low-cost affiliate "German Wings" to change the course of their journeys because of strikes pilots since last April; where was canceled 4,400 flights because of the strikes during that period
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