The Austrian subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group is cancelling nearly a hundred flights today, on 4 April. Two pairs of flights to Budapest are affected. Meanwhile, Lufthansa has come to an agreement with its employees.
Budapest–Austria flights cancelled today
While Lufthansa has managed to reach an agreement with its workers after several walkouts, the pilots and flight attendants of its Austrian subsidiary, Austrian Airlines, are holding a workers’ meeting on Thursday morning, organised by the Vida union, AIRportal.hu reports. This has led the airline to cancel or reschedule 92 flights. The passengers concerned have been informed.
Thursday morning (OS 713) and afternoon (OS 721) flights between Vienna and Budapest, as well as their return pairs (OS 714 and 722) have been cancelled.
Thursday morning (OS 713) and afternoon (OS 721) flights between Vienna and Budapest, as well as their return pairs (OS 714 and 722) have been cancelled. Only the OS 718 flight to Vienna at 06:50 and the OS 717 flight to Budapest at 22:15 will be operating on Thursday, according to the Budapest Airport Flight Information System.
According to AIRportal.hu, this is not the first walkout at the Austrian airline in recent weeks. A half-day partial stoppage in mid-March and a 36-hour full stoppage at the end of the month took place due to stalled wage negotiations.
Lufthansa reaches wage agreement with employees
Meanwhile, Lufthansa reached an agreement with the ground staff union Verdi in the last days of March, following strikes since the beginning of the year. As a result, the airline has concluded a new collective agreement with its ground handling staff, as well as with Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo employees. The agreement includes an average wage increase of 12.5% in two steps and other elements.
European low-cost carriers see increase in passenger traffic
European low-cost airlines saw a significant increase in passenger traffic in March: Ryanair and Wizz Air both benefited from the early spring upturn in travel, Világgazdaság reports. Both airlines reported dynamic growth in passenger traffic on Wednesday, although they did not manage to increase their load factors.
Ryanair, Europe’s leading airline, carried 13.6 million passengers last month. That is one million/8% more than this time last year. Wizz Air had 12% more passengers in March than a year ago, which represents 4.8 million customers for the low-cost carrier.
A record 183.7 million passengers chose Ryanair in the 2023-2024 financial year ended in March, beating last year’s passenger traffic record by 9%. Wizz Air outperformed its Irish competitor with a 21% increase for the full financial year, flying 62 million passengers by the end of March.
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