Lufthansa, Eurowings cancel over 1,000 flights due to staff shortages

Lufthansa has removed 900 domestic and intra-European flights from the system for July at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Eurowings is also forced to take several hundred flights off the system for the month of July in order to stabilize the tourist offer, Report informs referring to Aviation24.be.

The cancellations affect the weekdays Friday, Saturday, and Sunday – equivalent to five percent of the planned capacity on weekends.

Passengers will be informed immediately about the cancellations and rebooked if possible. Alternatively, passengers within Germany can travel to the hubs in Frankfurt and Munich by train. Lufthansa and Eurowings have not made the decision lightly and regret the cancellations and the associated inconvenience for guests.

In recent weeks, a number of airlines, including British Airways, EasyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, have been forced to cancel a total of several hundred flights. Swissport, which operates 285 airports worldwide, said its workforce has dropped by almost a third (20,000) during the pandemic, with plans to hire 30,000 new workers this summer.