Lufthansa Boeing 747 parked at Frankfurt Airport (2004) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

After announcement from the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots’ union that they will boycott the long-haul flights from Frankfurt on September 16th, Lufthansa published a special flight plan this afternoon. The plan is for all 40 long-haul flights scheduled to depart during the strike to take place. It is thus expected that the strike will not lead to any flight cancellations, rather just to a change in the departure times of 24 long-haul flights from Frankfurt.Passengers booked on to a long-haul flight from Frankfurt on September 16th are kindly requested to check the status of their flight prior to departure. Lufthansa is sending text messages and emails to all passengers registered for these services.

Affected passengers please check the status of their booking prior to departure at My bookings.
Passengers holding a Lufthansa/SWISS/Austrian Airlines or Brussels Ticket for flights still operating from/to/via Frankfurt on September 16th can rebook their flight free of charge once.
The following conditions have to apply:
Rebooking within same booking class:

– Tickets must be issue on/before 15.9.2014
– New date of travel must be on/before 16.12.2014
– Change of origin/destination and class of service/compartment is not permitted
– All other ticket conditions must be observed as per original ticket

Lufthansa will do everything in their power to inform and advise their passengers to the best of their ability during these trying times.