A three-day strike by staff at German airline Lufthansa begins today in a row over pay and working conditions. Most of its flights have been cancelled with the company admitting the walkout is one of the biggest in its history.
16 flights in or out of Dublin Airport are affected between now and Friday. Any passengers intending to fly with Lufthansa are being advised to check with the airline before leaving home.
A total of around 425,000 passengers are expected to be affected by the strike action.
The carrier says flights of the Lufthansa Group Airlines Eurowings, Lufthansa CityLine, Air Dolomiti, Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines are excepted to be affected by the action.
Lufthansa Cargo will also be affected and 23 of 31 planned cargo flights from Frankfurt have been already canceled.
The dispute is over pay increases and so-called 'transition contracts' awarded to pilots retiring before the legal pension age officially kicks in. Reports say more than 99% of members of the Union Vereinigung Cockpit voted in favour of the strike action.
The airline staged a protest last April, which saw around 100 flights in and out of Ireland and the UK cancelled.
