Lufthansa cancels 40 flights to and from Poland

Due to warning strikes at four German airports, 40 Lufthansa flights to and from Poland will be canceled on Tuesday the airline announced. Flights to Frankfurt from Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk and Wroclaw, and to Munich from Poznań will be affected. The warning strikes at Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne and Bremen airports were ordered a trade union of Verdi service workers following a pay dispute. The decision was criticized by Bettina Volkens, Chief Officer Corporate Human Resources and Legal Affairs at Lufthansa. "It is totally unacceptable that the trade union is playing this conflict at the expense of travelers. Lufthansa is not a party to this wage conflict at all, but our clients and us will feel the effects of this dispute," Volkens said. As a result of the strike, Lufthansa will cancel 800 out of a total of 1,600 flights in total, including 58 intercontinental flights. The airline stated that operations will resume on Wednesday according to schedule.