Major airline cancels flights across Europe as UK tourists hit - full list
British passengers could experience more disruption as a major airline and its subsidiaries will be affected by renewed pilot strikes.
Travel plans of British tourists were already hit earlier this week after a two-day strike was announced at Lufthansa and hundreds of flights were cancelled across Europe, with several UK airports impacted.
The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has renewed strikes at Deutsche Lufthansa AG and its subsidiaries Lufthansa Cargo AG, Lufthansa CityLine GmbH, and Eurowings GmbH today (April 14).
They will begin on April 16, 2026, at 12.01am local time and end on April 17, 2026, at 11.59pm local time. Flights departing from German airports during this period will be affected, a message on VC's website read, but several British airports could be affected again, too.
The message also explained that "due to the current situation in the Middle East, flights operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Lufthansa CityLine from Germany to the following destinations remain exempt from the strike: Azerbaijan, Egypt, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates".
Andreas Pinheiro, president of the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots' association, said "the situation is deadlocked". "The situation remains unchanged - there is absolutely no movement on the part of the employers. Neither Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo have made an offer regarding company pension schemes, nor has Lufthansa CityLine made a viable offer for a new collective bargaining agreement on remuneration, nor has Eurowings made any offer regarding company pension schemes," he added.
"We are not concerned with power struggles or egoism, but with sustainable solutions," he also said.
The VC's message on its website also read: "Should the employers accept the mediation proposal, the Cockpit Association will promptly submit suggestions for a suitable mediator."
These strikes, just like the previous ones which ended today (April 14), concern pension arrangements and working conditions.
They have resulted so far in the cancellation of over 1,000 flights. Numerous flights have already been cancelled today, with a number of UK airports hit by the disruption. It is believed that more than 4,500 passengers expected to travel to and from the UK today have already been affected.
Several flights from London Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, and Edinburgh, all going to Frankfurt or Munich, were cancelled today.
- 10am to Newcastle
- 11.10am to Edinburgh
- 2pm to London Heathrow
- 3.45pm to Glasgow
- 4pm to London Heathrow
- 4.10pm to Edinburgh
- 4.50pm to Birmingham
- 8.50pm to Birmingham
- 9.30pm to London Heathrow
- 9.40pm to Manchester
- 10.10pm to Edinburgh
Lufthansa said it will be operating around one-third of their total short-haul schedule, whilst half of their long-haul routes will be cancelled.
Meanwhile, Eurowings will operate 60% of its schedule. Some 570 landings and take-offs have been cancelled at Frankfurt Airport so far, affecting more than 50,000 passengers.
Elsewhere, at Munich Airport, approximately 720 flight cancellations have been reported over the recent two days of the strike.