Eurowings pilots begin strike in Germany over workload

Pilots at Lufthansa’s Eurowings began a three-day strike on October 17 over working hours, their union said, confirming action that could affect thousands of the budget airline's passengers, Report informs referring to Reuters.

"It's begun. And so far, there is no new offer," said a spokesperson for the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots' union.

The union wants the carrier to ease pilot workloads through measures such as increased rest periods, but Eurowings warned over the weekend that the demands put jobs at risk.

The airline had said it would cancel nearly 170 of about 400 scheduled flights at airports in Duesseldorf, Cologne, Hamburg and Stuttgart on October 17, affecting roughly 20,000 travelers.

It expects to cancel a similar number of flights on October 18 and 19. The walkout is due to end at 11.59 pm local time (21:59 GMT) on October 19.