Lufthansa and Eurowings have canceled numerous flights to and from Dresden and Leipzig-Halle for this Wednesday. Connections to Munich, Frankfurt am Main and Düsseldorf are affected, as can be seen from the current arrival and departure schedules for both airports. The background to this is a day-long warning strike called by the Verdi trade union for Lufthansa Airport Services employees.
The collective bargaining rounds at the two subsidiaries ASL and ASD have not yet resulted in an agreement. Meanwhile, Lufthansa has announced that it will close both companies. Around 140 employees are affected. Tasks such as aircraft handling are to be taken over by external service providers in future.
The connections affected by the warning strike are often used as feeder flights to the air traffic hubs. Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt are on their fall vacations, while in Saxony they begin next week. Many people in Saxony are also likely to use the Day of German Unity for an extended weekend and in some cases for an earlier start to the vacations. Some schools are already off on Friday.
