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Lufthansa: IT outage delays, cancels flights worldwide
Umang Sharma •Passengers took to social media to share videos and photos of them being stranded at airports across Germany waiting to be checked in
Mann Overboard: Was the Punjab CM deplaned in Frankfurt for being drunk?
Fp Staff •An eyewitness said Chief Minister of Punjab boarded the flight 'totally drunk' and was unable to even stand without support of his wife and security guards
Pilots of German airline Lufthansa to strike again this week
•The strike comes just a week after the airline was forced to cancel almost all its flights on Friday due to a pilots' walk-out, affecting 130,000 passengers
Chaos at Delhi airport, delays abroad: Why are Lufthansa pilots on strike?
Fp Explainers •The strike, which has led to 800 flights being cancelled worldwide, is an escalation of an ongoing wage dispute. The workers’ union has demanded a 5.5 per cent pay hike and automatic inflation compensation, while the airline has responded by offering a 900 euro increase per month in basic pay
Passengers seen waiting at IGI Airport for hours as Germany's Lufthansa airlines cancels 800 flights
Fp Staff •Lufthansa said while it was working to normalize the situation, 'isolated cancellations or delays' on Saturday or Sunday were also possible
German airline Lufthansa cancels 800 flights as pilots go on strike
•Lufthansa said while it was working to normalize the situation, "isolated cancellations or delays" on Saturday or Sunday were also possible
Germany inaugurates first commercial synthetic kerosene plant; Lufthansa is first customer
•Burning synthetic kerosene releases only as much CO2 into the atmosphere as was previously removed to produce the fuel, making it “carbon neutral”
Coronavirus crisis: British Airways set to slash as many as 12,000 jobs; Q1 losses widen
•British Airways has 45,000 employees, including 16,500 cabin crew and 3,900 pilots, according to its website.
Airlines expected to outlive COVID-19 pandemic scare with resized business; govt support vital to see through turbulence
Ajay Awtaney •Globally, airlines have focused on becoming bigger to ensure their customers don’t have to look elsewhere for their travel needs.
After Jet Airways' shutdown, Lufthansa plans to 'strengthen' partnerships with Indian airlines next year
•The Lufthansa group currently operates only wide-body aircraft for its long-haul operations between India and Europe.