Booked on a flight with the German carrier Lufthansa anytime between Monday (22 Feb 2010, 00:00) and Thursday (25.02.2010, 23:59)? Well, the pilots just voted to strike during that time in order to gain a 6.5% salary increase as well as to protect the jobs of the 4500 German pilots.
Better contact Lufthansa as soon as possible for further info about your flight(s). Click
here for more info!
UPDATE: click
here for the "special LH timetable" during the strike! Flights to South Africa (Johannesburg <> Frankfurt), so far, seem to be operating as per usual.
UPDATE: according to several German newspapers (such as
spiegel.de) the strike of the Lufthansa pilots will end tonite. German pilots union agreed that all pilots will be back at work from Tuesday, 23 Feb 00:00CET
. Keep an eye on their "
special timetable" as LH will make use of it untill everything is back to normal. Keep an eye on their website for further notice.
Lufthansa posted the following statement:
Irregularities of the flight operation will continue, however, on Tuesday. We will inform you of any updates to the flight operation as soon as possible on this page.online flight booking on TravelComments.com >>
Lufthansa has implemented a toll free number for calls within Germany: 0800 / 8 50 60 70 where passengers receive information on their booking or rebook their flight
Lufthansa Reservations UK
Telefon Bookings + 44 (0) 871 945 9747 (charged at 10 pence per minute at all times (inc VAT) and will cost more from mobiles)
Lufthansa reservations and information USA
Telefon 1-800-645-3880
TTY: 1-866-846-4283 (Text telephone for hearing impaired)
LH Reservation Service Centre South Africa
Telefon Within South Africa: 0861 T-I-C-K-E-T (0861 8-4-2-5-3-8)
For calls outside South Africa: +27/21/415-3747
Lufthansa Reservation Centre Namibia
Telefon +27/21/415-3747
more on their website!
