Lufthansa Strike Action Escalates as Cabin Crew Join Pilots

Deutsche Lufthansa AG faces more days of significant disruption after cabin crew said they’d stage another two-day strike starting Wednesday, heightening a sense of operational crisis at Europe’s largest airline after pilots also walked off work.

The UFO union will use an anniversary event marking Lufthansa’s 100 years in business on Wednesday to strike and stage protests, according to a statement by the worker representatives. That’s after pilots hobbled operations with a strike that covered Lufthansa’s mainline airline, cargo unit and regional carrier CityLine Monday and will spill into Tuesday. Pilots at low-cost unit Eurowings are set to walk out only on Monday.