Lufthansa Sees Strike Related Costs Bulging to 250 Million Euros
Striking Lufthansa ground crew employees walk from the Lufthansa Aviation Center to Frankfurt Airport during nationwide strike on March 7.
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG has seen strike-related costs balloon to 250 million euros ($271 million) since the start of the year after a series of walk-offs by workers drove away prospective passengers and put aircraft out of position.
Speaking in an interview in an internal employee memo, Chief Financial Officer Remco Steenbergen said Lufthansa blamed unstable crew rostering and aircraft scheduling that have disrupted operations, including the cancellation of the highly profitable Frankfurt-San Francisco service for a full week.